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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 Merricat notice as she watches Constance and Charles talk?
(a) That Charles doesn't listen to what Constance says.
(b) That they act like they are in love.
(c) That Charles is bossing Constance around.
(d) That Constance is not shy around him.

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

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

4. What does Constance always do at twenty minutes after eleven?
(a) Goes to hide upstairs.
(b) Starts preparing lunch.
(c) Listens to a radio programme.
(d) Telephones her friend.

5. Which of the following is not one of Merricat's powerful words?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Cinnamon.
(c) Melody.
(d) Pegasus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Constance meet Merricat in Chapter 2?

2. What do the village children call Mary Katherine?

3. What is in the Blackwoods' orchard?

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

5. What does Merricat find near the creek in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary Katherine wonder about the library books in Chapter 1?

2. What are Mary Katherine's thoughts about the Rochester house?

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

4. How does Stella act around Mary Katherine in Chapter 1?

5. How does Charles try to make conversation with Merricat in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

10. Where does Merricat go in Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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