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

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

3. What does Merricat find against a bush in Chapter 9?
(a) An unbroken figurine.
(b) Her cat.
(c) The harp.
(d) Charles' watch.

4. What does Merricat admire at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Her house.
(b) The sunset.
(c) Her secret hiding spot.
(d) A sparkly charm hanging from a tree.

5. What blocks the kitchen door when Constance and Merricat return home?
(a) A fallen cieling beam.
(b) A pile of furniture on the porch.
(c) The kitchen table.
(d) A mattress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merricat not put in Charles's room?

2. What do Constance and Merricat fashion dresses out of?

3. How long has it been since Merricat last went to the summerhouse?

4. After the fire, what do the girls do particularly during the afternoons?

5. What feature of the Blackwood house do women on the lawn talk about in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After the fire, what does Merricat say are her new safeguards? Why does she think she needs new ones?

3. What do the girls decide to do in honor of Uncle Julian in Chapter 9?

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

5. In Chapter 7, what does Merricat decide to do on Thursday? What is special about Thursdays?

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

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

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

9. What mistakes does Constance say she has made in Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer keys)

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