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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sounds like "jug-a-rum"?
(a) A large bullfrog.
(b) The fog horn on the river.
(c) The steam whistle in the fog.
(d) The way Leland blows into a bottle.

2. Why does Rowena fetch a horse blanket?
(a) To put on the ground for a picnic with Henry.
(b) To cover her horse in the pasture.
(c) To make a bed for her dog in the basement.
(d) To keep Henry warm.

3. Where does the narrator first encounter Thaddeus Blinn?
(a) In the church.
(b) At the dunking booth.
(c) At a display booth.
(d) At the pie eating contest.

4. What does Stew Meat ignore when he goes into Thaddeus' tent?
(a) The dazed look of people coming out of the tent.
(b) The strange light in Thaddeus' eyes.
(c) The mean dog beside Thaddeus.
(d) The strange smell coming out of the tent.

5. What does Sam do when Rowena suggests something to her mother?
(a) Offers to give her his daughter's dress that she'd outgrown.
(b) Laughs at Rowena.
(c) Agrees to take down the tree.
(d) Says it is not a good idea.

6. In what predicament does Henry find himself?
(a) His foot is stuck in the ground.
(b) His shoe's sole has come loose.
(c) His jacket is caught on a nail.
(d) His hand is stuck to a sappy tree.

7. How does Polly's mother become while trying to understand Polly?
(a) Entertained.
(b) Exasperated.
(c) Angry.
(d) Concerned.

8. What does Polly accidentally do when she says hello to Agatha at church?
(a) Tears Agatha's dress.
(b) Trips and falls on her back end.
(c) Steps on the heel of Agatha's shoe.
(d) Scratches Agatha on the back of her hand.

9. How is Coven Tree described?
(a) A small, rural community.
(b) A large metropolis.
(c) A large farm.
(d) Another dimensional place.

10. What does Rowena put in the pocket of her best dress?
(a) A poem Henry sent her.
(b) The card from Blinn.
(c) A lucky rabbit's foot.
(d) A three-leaf clover.

11. What does Polly do instead of speaking words?
(a) Croaks like a frog.
(b) Growls.
(c) Writes what she wants to say down on paper.
(d) Screeches.

12. What do Eunice and Agatha try to do while Polly and them are having tea?
(a) Find out why Polly is croaking.
(b) Provoke Polly.
(c) Talk about Leland and Lenora.
(d) Make amends.

13. What does Blinn say the customers must choose carefully?
(a) Who knows about the card and wish.
(b) When to do their wish.
(c) Their wish.
(d) Where they press the card.

14. What does Polly do later in the woods?
(a) Cries.
(b) Asks for help in removing the curse.
(c) Shouts out her anger at Eunice and Agatha.
(d) Sleeps.

15. Why does Polly not croak at all at school?
(a) She is careful to be polite.
(b) She is sitting in the corner for misbehaving.
(c) She does not open her mouth.
(d) She decides not to go to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Leland and Lenora do for Polly?

2. What does Polly find when she tests her voice?

3. What is Stew Meat's function in Coven Tree?

4. When does it seem Polly croaks?

5. What does Rowena get when she goes back upstairs?

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