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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 Charles offer to do for Merricat?
(a) Send her to a fancy school.
(b) Build her a treehouse.
(c) Dig up her treasures.
(d) Run her Tuesday errands.

2. Who does Mary Katherine believe is entitled to own the nicest house in the village?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her childhood friend.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her uncle.

3. Who was accused of the Blackwoods' murders?
(a) Constance.
(b) Merricat's uncle.
(c) Merricat.
(d) A local hobo.

4. What is Mrs. Wright's first name?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Lucille.
(d) Doris.

5. Where does Merricat's uncle tell Mrs. Wright about the murders?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the parlour.
(c) In the dining room.
(d) On the front porch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Charles sit at dinner?

2. What is Constance afraid to do?

3. On which days did Mary Katherine routinely go to the village?

4. What does Constance do on Saturdays?

5. Who does Julian often mistake Constance for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Julian and Jonas?

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

3. Why has Charles never come to help the Blackwood sisters before?

4. What does Mary Katherine think of the villagers?

5. What does Julian ask Charles about at breakfast? How does Charles act toward Julian?

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

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

8. Why does Julian say people should not be afraid to visit the Blackwood house?

9. What does Merricat speak to Constance about playfully at the beginning of Chapter 5?

10. Where does Merricat go in Chapter 4?

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