The Waste Lands Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Waste Lands Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Shaw?
(a) A teacher.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) The maid.
(d) A nanny.

2. What does Susannah think the speaking ring looks like in Chapter 23?
(a) The Sphinx.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) The Washington Monument.
(d) The Great Pyramid.

3. What is the subject of Jake's Final Essay in English Comp as stated in Chapter 2?
(a) My Understanding of Truth.
(b) My Summer Vacation.
(c) My Best Friend.
(d) My Understanding of Honesty.

4. What is the Drawers according to Roland?
(a) Hope.
(b) Pain and death.
(c) Life.
(d) Desolation or waste lands.

5. How much older than he is Eddie's brother?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Eight years.

6. Why does Jake follow the two boys in Chapter 22, Henry and Eddie?
(a) Because he wants to rescue Maryanne.
(b) Because Eddie is the guide from his dreams.
(c) Because he wants to play with them.
(d) Because he wants to help protect Eddie from his mean brother.

7. Where does Roland tell Eddie and Susannah Jake is from in Chapter 14?
(a) San Francisco between 1970 and 1990.
(b) New York between 1963 and 1987.
(c) New Orleans, 2004.
(d) Chicago between 1990 and 2000.

8. Who was Gloria?
(a) Eddie's cousin.
(b) Eddie's aunt.
(c) Eddie's sister.
(d) Eddie's mother.

9. What does Jake realize in Chapter 4 is the answer to Aaron Deepneau's riddle?
(a) A pond.
(b) A giraffe.
(c) A river.
(d) A bear.

10. In Chapter 9, what do Roland and his friends realize the bear was?
(a) A toy.
(b) A robot.
(c) A mother bear.
(d) A phantom from another world.

11. Who is Walter?
(a) Roland's best friend.
(b) Roland's brother.
(c) The man in white, Roland's teacher.
(d) The man in black, Roland's nemesis.

12. Why does the author capitalize the phrase, Watch Out for Eddie repeatedly in Chapter 3?
(a) To express the importance of this role in Henry's childhood.
(b) Because the author wants the reader to be sure to see it.
(c) To express its use as a book title.
(d) Because it is the title of a song.

13. What does a billy-bumbler look like as described in Chapter 7?
(a) A cross between a squirrel and a bird.
(b) A cross between a cat and a dog.
(c) A cross between a badger and a raccoon.
(d) A cross between an elephant and a bear.

14. What does Jake think is important about the key he has found in Chapter 17?
(a) The s shape at the tip.
(b) The c shape at the tip.
(c) The s shape at the base.
(d) The c shape at the base.

15. Why does Roland believe he is going insane in Chapter1?
(a) He is seeing people who are not there.
(b) He is not sleeping.
(c) He is hearing voices in his head.
(d) He is having dreams of dual memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jake hope will happen each time he walks through a door?

2. What comes out of the bear's nose each time it sneezes in Chapter 2?

3. What does Eddie often see when he looks at a piece of wood?

4. Where does Eddie hide from the bear in Chapter 5?

5. What animal is features in the poem Jake reads on a sign in Chapter 16?

(see the answer keys)

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