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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. In Chapter 14, what causes Iris to go back downstairs after talking to the boys and then locking them back in the attic?
(a) Smell of burned bread.
(b) Doorbell.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Smell of burned cake.

2. Where did Aunt Belle sleep after her outburst with the children?
(a) Guest room.
(b) Porch.
(c) Camper.
(d) With Helen.

3. What does Lucinda want to do with her life?
(a) Be an engineer or work in business.
(b) Be a lawyer or work in business.
(c) Be a doctor or work in business.
(d) Be a professor or work in business.

4. In Chapter 14, why are Jeff and Timmy locked in the attic?
(a) They made too much noise.
(b) They let the front door slam.
(c) They would not eat their dinners.
(d) Their mother thinks one of them spilled her perfume.

5. In Chapter 6, how long does Philip ask Miranda to stay out of the attic?
(a) 8 days.
(b) While Nicole is there.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of atmosphere does Helen sense in the house?

2. What has Dan wanted to do with Miranda in Chapter 13?

3. How long has Miranda been in Garnet at the end of Chapter 6?

4. Who gets a headache in Chapter 5 and has to spend the rest of the afternoon lying down?

5. How long do Miranda, Dan, and Buddy spend looking for a secret room in the cellar of her house in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the Hooton's secret room and how is it furnished?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Miranda feel after Aunt Belle comments on the scent of magnolia?

3. Why does Nicole get angry with Miranda?

4. How do Timmy and Jeff start a fire in the attic and how are they saved from the fire?

5. How do Miranda's parents begin arguing on the trip back from New York City in Chapter 7?

6. Why does Buddy not want to go in the attic?

7. Who does Miranda see at Mrs. Wainwright's and why in Chapter 8?

8. What does Helen think is wrong with Miranda when Miranda tells her about feeling terror on the steps of the attic?

9. Where does Miranda go after watching Kramers for a while in Chapter 11?

10. What conversation does Miranda overhear between Lucinda and Sigmund in Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

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