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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. Where does Merricat go when Charles leaves for the village?
(a) To the attic.
(b) To her secret hiding place.
(c) To her father's bedroom.
(d) To the village.

2. In Chapter 9, what do the girls find lying just inside the drawing room door?
(a) A pile of their clothes.
(b) Julian's wheelchair.
(c) The safe.
(d) Their mother's portrait.

3. What stopped Merricat's mother from going to the summer house?
(a) Allergies.
(b) A rotting smell.
(c) Rats.
(d) An insect infestation.

4. What does Julian fret about while the house is burning?
(a) His wheelchair getting muddy.
(b) His suits.
(c) His papers.
(d) Having to go out in the cold.

5. What does Merricat complain about Charles leaving everywhere in Chapter 6?
(a) His shoes.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Dirty teacups.
(d) Cigarette butts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many unbroken chairs does Merricat find to put at the table?

2. In which room does Constance find nothing has been destroyed?

3. What does Constance bake in Chapter 7?

4. How does Merricat describe the life that slowly took shape for her and Constance?

5. Which room of the house does Merricat hate to go in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Faced with a ruined home, what do Constance and Merricat decide to do?

6. What act commences the villagers' attack on the Blackwoods' house?

7. What is Helen Clarke's goal when she comes by the house in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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