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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the dinner that everyone shares?
(a) A casserole
(b) Hamburgers
(c) A stew
(d) A chili

2. The guardian tells the children that they must work in the mill until who comes of age?
(a) Sunny
(b) Klaus
(c) Charles
(d) Violet

3. If the new guardian doesn't work out, where will the children live?
(a) Jail
(b) Boarding school
(c) A halfway house
(d) Poe's basement

4. What is Phil's attitude toward Klaus' strange disappearance and behavior upon returning?
(a) Pessimistic
(b) Slightly concerned
(c) Optimistic
(d) Confused

5. Klaus is surprised that there is what in such a small town?
(a) A dentist
(b) An eye doctor
(c) A cardiologist
(d) An orthopedic surgeon

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Poe works where?

2. Where are the children expected to work every day?

3. The children have been lulled into a state of complacency by the absence of whom?

4. What obscures the guardian's face?

5. How is the foreman dressed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think it was right for Mr. Poe to leave the children alone at the station in Paltryville? Why or why not?

2. Describe Foreman Flacutono.

3. Describe the town of Paltryville.

4. What does the mention of the gum in chapter 3 help to explain from earlier in the story?

5. Explain the symbolism of the dormitory window.

6. Who is Charles and how might he be helpful tot he children?

7. What is the food situation like at the mill? What does it mean to the children and the other workers?

8. Explain the significance of the building shaped like an eye.

9. Describe the major change in the plot line, in chapter 6.

10. Do you think the library will affect the rest of the story? Why or why not?

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