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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many thousands of dollars does Holly demand from Chet during their meeting on December 18?
(a) 300.
(b) 100.
(c) 500.
(d) 250.

2. In the section entitled "December 19, 2020," Holly is scheduled to receive money from Chet at her place of business at what time of the evening?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

3. What is the last name of Holly, the protagonist of the story entitled "If It Bleeds"?
(a) Merrill.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Gibney.
(d) Galleon.

4. Holly comes to believe by the end of the section called "December 16, 2020" that which character is an Outsider?
(a) Chet.
(b) Jerome.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Pete.

5. In the section called "December 17, 2020," Holly arranges to meet Chet at what location the following day?
(a) The library.
(b) The mall.
(c) The elementary school.
(d) The amusement park.

6. In what style did Albie say the family's home had been fashioned when he told Chuck about the cupola for the first time?
(a) Arts and crafts.
(b) Ranch.
(c) Grecian.
(d) Victorian.

7. What name had already been picked out for the unborn child who died in the accident with Chuck's parents?
(a) Alyssa.
(b) Marianne.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Carol.

8. After Chuck cries over his grandfather Albie's personal effects, what action does he take?
(a) He unlocks the door to the cupola.
(b) He hears a voice and jumps.
(c) He falls down the stairs.
(d) He calls his uncle.

9. Who entered the room while Albie was telling Chuck about his experiences in the cupola?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Henry.
(c) Jane.
(d) Felicia.

10. After Chuck's conversation with his grandmother Sarah about the cupola, he felt what emotion toward the room?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Angst.
(c) Fear.
(d) Apathy.

11. In what location does Holly discover the Outsider's clothes after his demise?
(a) In the bathtub.
(b) In the street.
(c) On her bed.
(d) At the bottom of the elevator shaft.

12. How many children in total were in the dancing club the year Chuck joined?
(a) 5.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

13. Albie told his grandson Chuck that he had "only been up to that damn cupola" (134) how many times in total?
(a) 6.
(b) 24.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

14. How old was Chuck when his grandparents Sarah and Albie took him to Disney World?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

15. In the section entitled "December 14, 2020," Holly researches Chet Ondowsky and discovers that his real name is what?
(a) Chuck.
(b) Kelvin.
(c) Charles.
(d) Chester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of person strokes his mustache when the section entitled "December 8-9, 2020" begins?

2. What quality does Holly NOT ascribe to Chet Ondowsky when she first sees him on television?

3. While Holly is watching a show breaking news announces that an explosion has occurred at what type of school in Pineborough, Pennsylvania?

4. How old was Chuck when his grandfather Albie died of a heart attack on the front steps of the library?

5. About what poem did Chuck stay after class to talk to the teacher about on the last day of eighth grade?

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