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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merricat notice as she watches Constance and Charles talk?
(a) That Charles doesn't listen to what Constance says.
(b) That they act like they are in love.
(c) That Constance is not shy around him.
(d) That Charles is bossing Constance around.

2. Why didn't Charles ever visit the girls before?
(a) He didn't know where they lived.
(b) His father wouldn't let him.
(c) He though they had died.
(d) He was living abroad.

3. How old is Constance in Chapter 5?
(a) Twenty-eight years old.
(b) Thirty years old.
(c) Twenty two years old.
(d) Twenty-five years old.

4. What does Charles do while the house is on fire?
(a) Helps Julian from the porch.
(b) Carries items down from upstairs.
(c) Tries to find Constance.
(d) Asks for the safe to be taken out.

5. What does Merricat reject as her third powerful word?
(a) Armillaria.
(b) Digitalis.
(c) Begonia.
(d) Deciduous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merricat imagine her buried baby teeth might someday turn into?

2. What does Merricat do to make Charles go away in Chapter 5?

3. What does Julian say should have been poisoned with the arsenic?

4. What kind of day does Merricat say it will be in Chapter 5?

5. Who finds Julian dead?

(see the answer key)

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