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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following supplies did the villagers ruin?
(a) The sugar.
(b) The salt.
(c) The potatoes.
(d) The flour.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Merricat admire at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) The sunset.
(b) A sparkly charm hanging from a tree.
(c) Her house.
(d) Her secret hiding spot.

8. Where do Merricat and Constance sweep the rubble to?
(a) The drawing room.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The back porch.
(d) The dining room.

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

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

11. What does Constance think Julian would have been buried in?
(a) One of Jim Clarke's old suits.
(b) Clothes from a charity shop.
(c) His robe.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles try to fix in Chapter 7?

2. Which of the following is not a song that Constance plays in Chapter 6?

3. Who finds Julian dead?

4. To what does Merricat compare her house, now that it is burned and damaged?

5. To what does Merricat liken Charles's scream in Chapter 8?

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