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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jacob's father say about Abe that angers Jacob?
(a) That Abe believed he had to save the world.
(b) That Abe only wanted Jacob to be confused.
(c) That Abe might have been having an affair.
(d) That Abe thought too highly of himself.

2. What business(es) does Jacob's family own?
(a) Retail store.
(b) Drug stores.
(c) Gas stations.
(d) Construction company.

3. Where is the trunk that Jacob finds in Chapter 5?
(a) In the hallway.
(b) In the basement.
(c) Under the other bed from his first find.
(d) In the attic.

4. What does Jacob wake to find on his dresser in Chapter 4?
(a) A paper with runes.
(b) A raven.
(c) A peregrine falcon.
(d) A piece of broken pottery.

5. What is another photograph Abe shows Jacob in the Prologue?
(a) A boy who can become invisible.
(b) A boy who can talk to animals.
(c) A boy who can find water with his finger.
(d) A girl who can stretch her body over long distances.

6. What does Jacob become more curious about as he gets older?
(a) The stories his grandfather tells him.
(b) The reason is mother is in an insane asylum.
(c) Why his mother will not speak to Abe.
(d) Why his father will not speak to Abe.

7. What replays every 24 hours?
(a) Blips of the future.
(b) Loops.
(c) Blips of the past.
(d) The news from the German front.

8. How is Ricky described?
(a) Nerd.
(b) Weird.
(c) Punk rocker.
(d) Geek.

9. Where does Jacob's grandfather tell Jacob to go in Chapter 1?
(a) To a psychic.
(b) To the police.
(c) To Russia.
(d) To the island.

10. What surprises Jacob when he, Emma, and Millard finally arrive at the children's Home in Chapter 6?
(a) The house has already been bombed.
(b) The house is quite a bit smaller than he remembered.
(c) The house is entirely different from the one Jacob visited in his time.
(d) The house is whole and beautiful.

11. What does Jacob sense in one of the rooms he enters in the Home?
(a) It was once his grandfather's room.
(b) A presence of some sort of good.
(c) That it belonged to Emma.
(d) A presence of some sort of evil.

12. What is the year on the calendar in the hut where Jacob is taken in Chapter 5?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1940.

13. What is the cause of the recent change Jacob discusses?
(a) A particular event related to his grandfather.
(b) His mother's death.
(c) His brother's joining the military.
(d) His sister being kidnapped.

14. What does Jacob's grandfather want when he calls Jacob?
(a) To ask Jacob where Jacob's mother is.
(b) To tell Jacob a monster is on the way to where Jacob works.
(c) To tell Jacob to run and hide.
(d) His key.

15. Where does Jacob go next after his first search in the Home in Chapter 5?
(a) The second floor.
(b) The attic.
(c) The first floor.
(d) The basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jacob convince his parents it would be good for him to visit?

2. What does Jacob find that he imagines once belonged to his grandfather in Chapter 5?

3. What is coming out of the hands of a young girl in a photograph Jacob finds?

4. What does Jacob say he will do when his grandfather calls?

5. How is Jacob's mother described?

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