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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 is in the Blackwoods' orchard?
(a) Six cherry trees.
(b) Four apple trees.
(c) A few tree stumps.
(d) A dozen peach and plum trees.

2. How old is Mary Katherine in Chapter 1?
(a) Seventeen years old.
(b) Eighteen years old.
(c) Fifteen years old.
(d) Sixteen years old.

3. How does Mrs. Wright come across in Chapter 2?
(a) As uptight.
(b) As ignorant.
(c) As rude.
(d) As immature.

4. What does Merricat say the long field looks like in Chapter 4?
(a) A large rug.
(b) An ocean.
(c) An ice rink.
(d) A fluffy quilt.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Constance's guests encourage her to do in Chapter 2?

3. Which of the following is not one of Merricat's powerful words?

4. What does Merricat hope would happen to the people who come to her house uninvited?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Julian and Jonas?

2. What does Mary Katherine think of the villagers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Merricat recite after Charles offers carry out her errands in the village?

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

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