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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Constance ask Merricat to do before dinner?
(a) Change into a clean dress.
(b) Get some preserves from the cellar.
(c) Collect the mail.
(d) Comb her hair.

2. What does Merricat propose making clothes from?
(a) Animal furs.
(b) Julian's clothes.
(c) Leaves and moss.
(d) Paper.

3. In Chapter 9, what do the girls find lying just inside the drawing room door?
(a) A pile of their clothes.
(b) Their mother's portrait.
(c) The safe.
(d) Julian's wheelchair.

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

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

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

7. What does Merricat find against a bush in Chapter 9?
(a) An unbroken figurine.
(b) Charles' watch.
(c) The harp.
(d) Her cat.

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

9. Who does Merricat not expect to be at Julian's funeral?
(a) Charles.
(b) The Carringtons.
(c) Mrs. Wright.
(d) The Clarkes.

10. What blocks the kitchen door when Constance and Merricat return home?
(a) The kitchen table.
(b) A fallen cieling beam.
(c) A mattress.
(d) A pile of furniture on the porch.

11. What does Charles try to fix in Chapter 7?
(a) A crack in the wall.
(b) A radiator.
(c) A broken step.
(d) A broken cupboard.

12. What day does Merricat consider to be her most powerful?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

13. How does Julian describe Charles?
(a) As dishonest.
(b) As naive.
(c) As rude.
(d) As confused.

14. In the board game in Merricat's mind, what is the result of the fire?
(a) Game over.
(b) Lose one turn.
(c) Return to start.
(d) Go back three spaces.

15. How many unbroken chairs does Merricat find to put at the table?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Merricat last went to the summerhouse?

2. Why hasn't Merricat buried anything around the summerhouse?

3. What does Charles say he wants to go through in Chapter 6?

4. What does Merricat persuade Constance to take outside and add to the barricade?

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

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