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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. Why does Jared check his backpack?
(a) For his field guide.
(b) For his knife and rope.
(c) For his binoculars.
(d) For his journal.

2. Who is Melvina?
(a) Helen's sister.
(b) Helen's best friend in high school.
(c) The Grace children's grandmother.
(d) A nurse at the asylum.

3. What peculiarity does the nurse point out about the Aunt?
(a) The Aunt never eats in front of others.
(b) The Aunt will not talk on the telephone.
(c) The Aunt always lets her hot tea get chilled before drinking it.
(d) The Aunt says the same name over and over at night.

4. What new pet does Simon have?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A dog.
(c) A goldfish.
(d) A kitten.

5. When did Lucinda's father leave the family?
(a) After Lucinda was out of school.
(b) After Lucinda got married.
(c) Just before Lucinda was out of school.
(d) When Lucinda was young.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Lucinda introduce the Grace children?

2. What creatures does Jared tell his aunt they have seen from Fantastical World?

3. What does the family notice after checking in at the reception area?

4. What does the bag in their aunt's side table contain?

5. What does the Aunt order the children to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helen do when the family enters Lucinda's room and what does Helen tell Lucinda?

2. What did the creatures from the Fantastical World do to Lucy because of the Field Guide?

3. What does Jared check his backpack for and how does he feel after he checks it?

4. What happens when the children give their aunt the cookies they brought?

5. What kind of pranks is Thimbletack playing and who was blamed for the last prank by Jared's mother?

6. What does Jared suggest when his siblings ask him who can help?

7. Why does Lucinda say nothing of the house matters and what surprises Jared about Lucy's mother?

8. What kind of images does Jared have of the asylum and what is the reality of it?

9. What does Lucinda say happened with her when her father left?

10. What does Jared tell his aunt and what is his hope for the guide?

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