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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Constance's guests suggest she buy in Chapter 2?
(a) Some self-help books.
(b) Some new clothes.
(c) A new china set.
(d) A radio.

2. Why is Constance expecting Helen Clarke to come by the house in Chapter 2?
(a) For a birthday party.
(b) To deliver the newspaper.
(c) For tea.
(d) To drop off a potted plant.

3. What does Merricat fantasize about turning Charles into?
(a) A rat.
(b) A fox.
(c) A snake.
(d) A fly.

4. What does Charles try to talk to Merricat about?
(a) Her cat.
(b) Constance.
(c) The treasures she buries.
(d) The day her family died.

5. Who is Jim Donell?
(a) The post master.
(b) The fire chief.
(c) The grocer.
(d) A peddler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Merricat and Constance sweep the rubble to?

2. Where does Charles sit at dinner?

3. What does the stranger who comes to the house in Chapter 4 call from outside?

4. Where does Merricat go when Charles leaves for the village?

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

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