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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 a woman called Ethel tell some children outside the Blackwoods' house?
(a) That the Blackwood sisters are dead.
(b) That the Blackwood sisters have magic powers.
(c) That the Blackwood sisters torture small animals.
(d) That the Blackwood sisters hunt children.

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

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

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

5. What does Constance bake in Chapter 6?
(a) Apple crumble.
(b) Gingerbread.
(c) Brownies.
(d) A cherry pie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, what does Charles tell Constance she shouldn't keep in the house?

3. How does Merricat refer to Charles in Chapter 7?

4. Why does Constance say Helen cannot come for tea anymore?

5. What stopped Merricat's mother from going to the summer house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What claim does Julian make about Merricat in Chapter 7?

4. What does Charles discover hidden in Chapter 7? How does Merricat think he found it?

5. What does Merricat imagine at the end of Chapter 7?

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

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

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

9. What does Merricat do in order to get Charles to leave her house?

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

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