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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 worry about Charles seeing?
(a) Julian's best suits.
(b) John's expensive jewelry.
(c) What's inside the safe.
(d) Julian's papers.

2. Who killed the Blackwood family?
(a) Mrs. Blackwood.
(b) Constance.
(c) Julian.
(d) Merricat.

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

4. What does Constance ask Merricat to do before dinner?
(a) Change into a clean dress.
(b) Collect the mail.
(c) Comb her hair.
(d) Get some preserves from the cellar.

5. What does Merricat use to tie the gate closed in Chatpter 6?
(a) A cord from the curtains.
(b) Her father's scarf.
(c) Her father's belt.
(d) Her mother's shawl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merricat ask Charles to do in Chapter 6?

2. How does Julian describe Charles?

3. Which of the following supplies did the villagers ruin?

4. Where does Merricat find Jonas sleeping in Chapter 6?

5. What does Merricat find against a bush in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Merricat notice is different when she returns home in Chapter 8?

2. After the fire, what do the sisters find to use for clothing?

3. What do Constance and Merricat hear a woman tell some children in the Blackwood's yard?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Charles show his greediness in Chapter 6?

9. How do the villagers act while the Blackwoods' house is burning? What does Charles do while the house is burning?

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

(see the answer keys)

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