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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. On which days did Mary Katherine routinely go to the village?
(a) Mondays and Fridays.
(b) Tuesdays and Sundays.
(c) Wednesdays and Saturdays.
(d) Tuesdays and Fridays.

2. What does Julian say should have been poisoned with the arsenic?
(a) The rarebit.
(b) The salad.
(c) The potatoes.
(d) The apple jelly.

3. What has Merricat nailed to a tree to keep evil away?
(a) A pie plate.
(b) A book.
(c) A horseshoe.
(d) A scarf.

4. Where did Merricat go while Constance was on trial for murder?
(a) To stay with cousins.
(b) She hid in the Blackwood house.
(c) To an orphanage.
(d) To a boarding school.

5. What does Merricat imagine her buried baby teeth might someday turn into?
(a) Cherry trees.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merricat's uncle talk about in Chapter 2?

2. Who is Jonas?

3. What does Merricat talk about eating on the moon in Chapter 5?

4. What does Merricat's uncle rely on to get around?

5. What do the village children call Mary Katherine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Which of Merricat's safeguards does she find has fallen in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

10. What does Mary Katherine think of the villagers?

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