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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often will the children see the foreman?
(a) Once a week
(b) Once a month
(c) Every other day
(d) Daily

2. Charles offers to help the children by giving them access to what?
(a) The basement
(b) The attic
(c) The library
(d) The kitchen

3. Where did the books in the library come from?
(a) Sir bought them
(b) They were donated
(c) Sir wrote them
(d) Charles wrote them

4. Although the girls are happy that Klaus has returned, they are upset by what?
(a) The Foreman putting them back to work as soon as Klaus returns
(b) Klaus' strange behavior
(c) The Foreman keeping them from seeing Klaus
(d) Klaus disappearing a second time

5. Who is Charles?
(a) The banker
(b) The man the children meet on the way to see the guardian
(c) A mill worker
(d) The foreman

6. The children bump into a man, on the way to their meeting, who is described as what?
(a) Thin
(b) Short
(c) Fat
(d) Tall

7. Which is the name of the only male child in the family?
(a) Chris
(b) Claus
(c) Kris
(d) Klaus

8. What must be done to the pieces of timber on the first day?
(a) Sanding
(b) Painting
(c) Debarking
(d) Cutting into even lengths

9. The guardian tells the children to call him what?
(a) Sir
(b) Dad
(c) Father
(d) Master

10. The children are quickly dismissed so that Sir can do what?
(a) Read the paper
(b) Watch television
(c) Eat lunch
(d) Make a phone call

11. the foreman wakes everyone by banging two what together?
(a) Cymbals
(b) Pots
(c) Bricks
(d) Pans

12. The guardian is wearing what color suit when he first meets the children?
(a) Green
(b) Red
(c) Yellow
(d) Blue

13. What lines the street of the town?
(a) Newspapers
(b) Bottles and cans
(c) People
(d) Trees

14. Which of the following is the first name of one of the children?
(a) Rose
(b) Violet
(c) Iris
(d) Zinnia

15. Why can't the children sleep, initially?
(a) They are preparing to run away
(b) They are lost in thought
(c) They are made to work through the night
(d) One of them is missing

Short Answer Questions

1. After they eat, who tells the children that they must report to a meeting?

2. The first day of work is called what?

3. Which of the following is not one of the steps at the lumbermill?

4. The children begin to rationalize that, even though their work is hard, it is much better than having to do what?

5. The guardian tells the children that they must work in the mill until who comes of age?

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