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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. Where does Ellery suggest they go after leaving the library in Chapter Ten?
(a) Declan's apartment.
(b) Malcolm's house.
(c) Mia's house.
(d) Kyle's house.

2. Who was Sadie's date to the homecoming dance, as Ellery learns in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Chad McNulty.
(b) Peter Nilsson.
(c) Ben Coates.
(d) Vance Puckett.

3. Who drives the twins to Fright Farm in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Declan Kelly.
(b) Ryan Rodriguez.
(c) Nana.
(d) Melanie Kilduff.

4. What instrument does Malcolm play?
(a) The trombone.
(b) The French horn.
(c) The xylophone.
(d) The drums.

5. To what store do Ellery and Nana go in Chapter Eight?
(a) Dalhart's Market.
(b) Dalton's Emporium.
(c) Dakota's Grocery.
(d) Dayton's Bazaar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of Malcolm's best friend, Mia?

2. Whom does Ellery beat at the carnival game in Chapter Four?

3. How does Nana describe Sarah on the way to the store in Chapter Eight?

4. What is being held at Fright Farm at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

5. What do Ellery promise to do on the way to the store in Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn about the setting, the town of Echo Ridge, in Chapter One?

2. Who was Sadie's date to homecoming? How did she feel about him, as she explains in Chapter Twelve?

3. What is the third act of vandalism, as revealed in Chapter Nine? When does it occur?

4. Who is Katrin? What does the reader learn about her in Chapters Five and Six?

5. What do Ellery and Nana discuss regarding Ellery's future in Chapter Eight?

6. What is Brooke doing when Ellery and Malcolm discover her in Chapter Fourteen?

7. According to Sadie in Chapter Four, which Echo Ridge residents did she date while in high school?

8. What strange occurrence do Malcolm and Mia observe in Chapter Eleven?

9. What favor does Katrin ask of Malcolm in Chapter Eleven?

10. What tragic discovery do the twins, along with Nana and Melanie, make in Chapter One?

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