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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which room of the house does Merricat hate to go in?
(a) The cellar.
(b) Her father's study.
(c) Her mother's bedroom.
(d) The dining room.

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

3. What does Charles find which Merricat had burried?
(a) Merricat's doll.
(b) Merricat's clock.
(c) Merricat's silver dollars.
(d) Merricat's marbles.

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

5. What do Constance and Merricat fashion dresses out of?
(a) Potato sacks.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Curtains.
(d) Tablecloths.

6. In Chapter 6, what does Charles tell Constance she shouldn't keep in the house?
(a) Julian.
(b) Money.
(c) Old newspapers.
(d) A cat.

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

8. What does Merricat tell Constance when she wakes up in Chapter 9?
(a) That they are on the moon.
(b) That she is sorry for starting the fire.
(c) That they should go find Julian.
(d) That they should bury some charms.

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

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

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

12. Why hasn't Merricat buried anything around the summerhouse?
(a) Because it is too far from the main house.
(b) Because the ground there is evil.
(c) Because Jonas warned her not to.
(d) Because the ground is too wet.

13. What does Constance decide to do with Uncle Julian's papers?
(a) Burn them.
(b) Bury them.
(c) Keep them in the cellar.
(d) Paper the damaged walls with them.

14. What does Merricat decide to do on her most powerful day in Chapter 7?
(a) Have a tea party with Jonas.
(b) Get rid of Charles.
(c) Walk to the village.
(d) Bury some charms.

15. What does Charles examine in the drawing room in Chapter 6?
(a) The sofa.
(b) The figurines.
(c) The paintings.
(d) The piano.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Merricat describe the life that slowly took shape for her and Constance?

3. What does Merricat feel within the house when she goes home in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 9, what do the girls find lying just inside the drawing room door?

5. What does Merricat ask Charles to do in Chapter 6?

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