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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who points out Constance and Merricat to the villagers in Chapter 8?
(a) Mrs. Wright.
(b) Jim Donell.
(c) Mr. Harler.
(d) Stella.

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

3. Why did Merricat choose to put the poison in the sugar?
(a) Because the poison was hidden in sugar.
(b) Because she knew her father would use the sugar.
(c) Because it was the only food she has access to.
(d) Because Constance never used sugar.

4. Who throws a rock through the Blackwood's window?
(a) Stella.
(b) A small boy.
(c) Charles.
(d) Jim Donell.

5. What does Julian say should have been poisoned with the arsenic?
(a) The rarebit.
(b) The apple jelly.
(c) The potatoes.
(d) The salad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merricat have buried in the long field?

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

3. What does Merricat bury by the creek in Chapter 10?

4. What does Merricat tell Constance when she wakes up in Chapter 9?

5. Who does Jim Clarke bring to the house in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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