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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 Julian say happened to Merricat at the orphanage?
(a) Merricat wrote stories.
(b) Merricat went crazy.
(c) Merricat was abused.
(d) Merricat died.

2. To what does Merricat liken Charles's scream in Chapter 8?
(a) A owl's hoot.
(b) A crow's call.
(c) A hawk's call.
(d) A bluejay's call.

3. What does Charles threaten to do in Chapter 7 which causes Merricat run away?
(a) Punish her.
(b) Lock her in the cellar.
(c) Have her put in a hospital.
(d) Beat her.

4. What does Charles find which Merricat had burried?
(a) Merricat's marbles.
(b) Merricat's doll.
(c) Merricat's clock.
(d) Merricat's silver dollars.

5. What does Merricat see when she peeks into Charles's room in Chapter 8?
(a) Charles's bank book.
(b) Charles's pipe.
(c) Jonas on his bed.
(d) Her mother's pearls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merricat persuade Constance to take outside and add to the barricade?

2. What does Merricat tell Constance when she wakes up in Chapter 9?

3. Who tells everyone at the house to stop taunting the girls?

4. Where does Merricat take her sister in Chapter 8?

5. Who throws a rock through the Blackwood's window?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the villagers show kindness in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 10, what does Merricat build to protect her and her sister? What item is brought from the house to add to it?

3. What do Merricat and Constance say to each other when they are safe at Merricat's hiding place?

4. What does Charles say he wants to go through in Chapter 6? How does Julian react?

5. What does Constance apologize to Merricat about at the end of Chapter 9?

6. In Chapter 6, what does Merricat take from her father's room and why?

7. What does Charles say which causes Merricat to run away in Chapter 7?

8. In Chapter 6, what does Charles say when Merricat asks him to go away?

9. What finally gets the villagers to leave the Blackwoods' property?

10. What state is the kitchen in when the girls return home?

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