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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian describe in detail in Chapter 3?
(a) His experience in the war.
(b) The pain his body is in.
(c) The day he met his wife.
(d) The day his family died.

2. What is Constance afraid to do?
(a) Leave the Blackwood property.
(b) Handle a knife.
(c) Prepare meals.
(d) Light a fire.

3. What is Constance's relationship to the man who comes to call in Chapter 4?
(a) They are employer and employee.
(b) They are childhood friends.
(c) They are former lovers.
(d) They are cousins.

4. What does Merricat do to make Charles go away in Chapter 5?
(a) Locks him outside.
(b) Smashes a glass on the floor.
(c) Sprinkles dirt in his bed.
(d) Threatens him.

5. What is kept in the Blackwood cellar?
(a) Merricat's art supplies.
(b) Old furniture.
(c) The Blackwoods' old clothes.
(d) Preserves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary Katherine's sister's name?

2. Which of the following describes Julian's doctor in Chapter 3.

3. What does Merricat check for damage on the Blackwood property?

4. What does Merricat go to get for Constance which leads her to see an approaching stranger in Chapter 4?

5. Where does Charles sit at dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of things does Merricat say the people who would come to her house looking for Constance after the murders would do?

2. What does Merricat blame for the arrival of Charles Blackwood?

3. What was Mary Katherine's routine when she visited the village?

4. What does Merricat say will remind her to be kind to Uncle Julian in Chapter 4?

5. How does Merricat describe her sense that something is going to change is Chapter 4?

6. What does Julian describe in detail in Chapter 3?

7. How did many members of the Blackwoods family die?

8. What does Mary Katherine imagine while she is shopping in order to distract herself from the villagers?

9. Who comes to see Julian in Chapter 3? What does Constance do before his arrival?

10. Where does Merricat go in Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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