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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian worry about Charles seeing?
(a) Julian's best suits.
(b) Julian's papers.
(c) What's inside the safe.
(d) John's expensive jewelry.

2. What does Merricat notice about Constance in Chapter 8?
(a) Constance's eyes are red.
(b) Constance is in a bad mood.
(c) Constance is well made-up.
(d) Constance is limping.

3. What does Merricat persuade Constance to take outside and add to the barricade?
(a) A bed frame.
(b) Julian's wheelchair.
(c) Julian's desk.
(d) The broken mirror from Charles' room.

4. What does Charles threaten to do in Chapter 7 which causes Merricat run away?
(a) Have her put in a hospital.
(b) Lock her in the cellar.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Punish her.

5. What does a woman called Ethel tell some children outside the Blackwoods' house?
(a) That the Blackwood sisters hunt children.
(b) That the Blackwood sisters have magic powers.
(c) That the Blackwood sisters torture small animals.
(d) That the Blackwood sisters are dead.

6. What does Merricat bury by the creek in Chapter 10?
(a) Julian's cufflinks.
(b) Julian's glasses.
(c) Julian's gold pencil.
(d) Julian's neck tie.

7. How long has it been since Merricat last went to the summerhouse?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two years.

8. What stopped Merricat's mother from going to the summer house?
(a) Allergies.
(b) A rotting smell.
(c) Rats.
(d) An insect infestation.

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

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

11. What does Merricat wrap around Constance in Chapter 8?
(a) Julian's shawl.
(b) A tablecloth.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A blanket.

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

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

14. What does Julian say happened to Merricat at the orphanage?
(a) Merricat died.
(b) Merricat went crazy.
(c) Merricat was abused.
(d) Merricat wrote stories.

15. What does Constance prepare for Merricat to eat in Chapter 9?
(a) Jam toast.
(b) Chicken soup.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) Beef stew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Julian describe Charles?

2. Why does Merricat return to the house in Chapter 8?

3. What does Charles find which Merricat had burried?

4. Who does Charles bring with him to the Blackwood house in Chapter 10?

5. Who killed the Blackwood family?

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