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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What does Merricat tell Constance about Charles?
(a) That his is an imposter.
(b) That he is a ghost.
(c) That he is a devil.
(d) That he is a monster.

4. What does Mary Katherine think of the villagers?
(a) They are kind.
(b) They are better than her.
(c) They are mean.
(d) They are stupid.

5. What does Charles offer to do for Merricat?
(a) Send her to a fancy school.
(b) Build her a treehouse.
(c) Dig up her treasures.
(d) Run her Tuesday errands.

6. Who was accused of the Blackwoods' murders?
(a) Merricat.
(b) Merricat's uncle.
(c) A local hobo.
(d) Constance.

7. Why does Merricat go outside in Chapter 4?
(a) To play with Jonas.
(b) To collect the mail.
(c) To see a deer in the yard.
(d) To walk to the village.

8. What does Merricat do to make Charles go away in Chapter 5?
(a) Sprinkles dirt in his bed.
(b) Threatens him.
(c) Smashes a glass on the floor.
(d) Locks him outside.

9. On what day does Merricat check that her safeguards on the property are in place?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

10. Where does Mary Katherine imagine her house being in Chapter 1?
(a) On an isolated island.
(b) In a jungle.
(c) Floating above the village.
(d) On the moon.

11. What do the village children sing songs about?
(a) Cats.
(b) Strangling.
(c) Poison.
(d) Mary Katherine's clothes.

12. Who is Jonas?
(a) Merricat's cousin.
(b) Merricat's cat.
(c) The Blackwood's handyman.
(d) Merricat's imaginary friend.

13. What does Merricat go to get for Constance which leads her to see an approaching stranger in Chapter 4?
(a) A cushion.
(b) A pair of slippers.
(c) A sweater.
(d) A notebook.

14. What does Constance always do at twenty minutes after eleven?
(a) Listens to a radio programme.
(b) Goes to hide upstairs.
(c) Starts preparing lunch.
(d) Telephones her friend.

15. What has Merricat nailed to a tree to keep evil away?
(a) A horseshoe.
(b) A book.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A pie plate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Constance want to wear in Chapter 5?

2. What is the name of Merricat's father?

3. How old is Mary Katherine in Chapter 1?

4. Who is Jim Donell?

5. Which of the following is not one of Merricat's powerful words?

(see the answer keys)

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