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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 does Allen tell Ethan he wants to be when they are in the attic?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A politician.
(c) A banker.
(d) A pirate.

2. What does Ethan's son want to look at on the day before Easter?
(a) His father's baseball mitt.
(b) His father's war wound.
(c) His grandfather's sword.
(d) His grandmother's picture album.

3. What does Ethan say he has never actively sought?
(a) Money.
(b) Attention.
(c) Fame.
(d) Love.

4. Who does Ethan see sleepwalking?
(a) Danny.
(b) Allen.
(c) Mary.
(d) Ellen.

5. Why does Morphy think Ethan should open a store?
(a) He knows the business inside and out.
(b) The people all like him.
(c) Marullo will not give him a raise.
(d) He has the money saved up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Ethan to go to his special place?

2. How much money does Danny ask Ethan for?

3. What does Ethan say his wife never does when they talk?

4. What does Bake want to build on Taylor Meadow?

5. Where are the books Ethan's children want to use for research for the contest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Baker say to Ethan about the investment he wants him to get involved in?

2. What does Marullo want to do to save money at the beginning of the book?

3. What causes Ethan to forget to open the store doors the day before Easter?

4. What does Ethan think about when he wakes up on the Saturday before Easter?

5. What does Ethan think may have caused him to become a clerk when he lost his fortune?

6. What does Allen say he wants to be when he grows up, and why?

7. What does Ellen ask Ethan the day before Easter?

8. What does Mary say when Ethan says he is hesitant to invest with Baker?

9. What is Ethan's strategy to get rid of a bad memory, and where did he learn this?

10. What happens when Ethan asks Margie to read his fortune?

(see the answer keys)

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