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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how many more times did Helen Clarke come by the house?
(a) Two more times.
(b) Seven more times.
(c) Four more times.
(d) One more time.

2. What does Merricat not put in Charles's room?
(a) Dried ferns.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Glass fragments.

3. In Chapter 7, what does Merricat say she is not allowed to touch?
(a) Her mother's fine china.
(b) Matches.
(c) Scissors.
(d) Knives.

4. What does Merricat break in Chapter 7?
(a) A cookie jar.
(b) A stair rail.
(c) Charles's watch.
(d) The lock on Charles' door.

5. Where does Merricat go when Charles leaves for the village?
(a) To the village.
(b) To the attic.
(c) To her secret hiding place.
(d) To her father's bedroom.

6. Why does Merricat return to the house in Chapter 8?
(a) To change her clothes.
(b) To find Jonas.
(c) To see if Charles has left yet.
(d) For dinner.

7. What does one of the villagers bring to Blackwoods' door in Chapter 10?
(a) A building condemnation notice.
(b) Some firewood.
(c) A pile of books.
(d) A basket of food.

8. What does Merricat use to barricade the sides of the house in Chapter 10?
(a) Broken furniture.
(b) Tree boughs and branches.
(c) Stones.
(d) Bricks and lumber.

9. Who finds Julian dead?
(a) Charles.
(b) Helen Clarke.
(c) Dr. Levy.
(d) Constance.

10. What do the villagers do after the fire is out?
(a) Start helping to clean up the mess.
(b) Ransack the Blackwood house.
(c) Leave their pocket change for the sisters.
(d) Head home.

11. How does Merricat refer to Charles in Chapter 7?
(a) As a demon.
(b) As a devil.
(c) As a beast.
(d) As a monster.

12. What does Merricat imagine she sees while at the summerhouse?
(a) Charles watching her from the window.
(b) Her family.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A flying horse.

13. What does Merricat see when she peeks into Charles's room in Chapter 8?
(a) Jonas on his bed.
(b) Her mother's pearls.
(c) Charles's bank book.
(d) Charles's pipe.

14. What did Merricat's mother want to do to the summerhouse?
(a) Sell it.
(b) Burn it down.
(c) Rebuild it.
(d) Board it up.

15. What does Constance decide to plant where Julian used to sit?
(a) A blueberry bush.
(b) A peach tree.
(c) A yellow flower.
(d) Lavender.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which room does Constance find nothing has been destroyed?

2. Which room of the house does Merricat hate to go in?

3. Who tells everyone at the house to stop taunting the girls?

4. What does Charles do while the house is on fire?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Charles tell Constance she shouldn't keep in the house?

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