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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. Why is Constance expecting Helen Clarke to come by the house in Chapter 2?
(a) For tea.
(b) To deliver the newspaper.
(c) For a birthday party.
(d) To drop off a potted plant.

2. What does Merricat find near the creek in Chapter 4?
(a) A frog.
(b) A dead raccoon.
(c) A nest of baby snakes.
(d) A fallen bird's nest.

3. Where does Charles sit at dinner?
(a) In Merricat's spot.
(b) In the girls' father's chair.
(c) On the porch.
(d) At the kitchen counter.

4. What does Merricat do after meeting the visitor in Chapter 4?
(a) Runs to her hiding spot.
(b) Forces the man out of the house.
(c) Runs up to her bedroom.
(d) Throws a vase across the room.

5. What do the village children sing songs about?
(a) Cats.
(b) Strangling.
(c) Poison.
(d) Mary Katherine's clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Merricat go while Constance was on trial for murder?

2. What is the name of the man who comes to the house in Chapter 4?

3. On what day does Merricat check that her safeguards on the property are in place?

4. What does Constance always do at twenty minutes after eleven?

5. Where does Merricat's uncle tell Mrs. Wright about the murders?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first thing Constance says in the book, and what is its significance?

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

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

4. What does Merricat come up with to keep the change away?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Constance consider wearing in Chapter 5? What does this tell us about her?

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