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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. Whose house does Will go to?
(a) Miss Foley's
(b) Mr Tetley's
(c) Mr Dark's
(d) Will's

2. Who wrote the Funeral March?
(a) Mozart
(b) Chopin
(c) Haydn
(d) Beethoven

3. Who does Will think will kill him and Jim?
(a) Mr. Fury
(b) Mr. Coogar
(c) Miss Foley
(d) Mr. Dark

4. Where does Will hide at Miss Foley's house?
(a) A bush
(b) A wine cellar
(c) Long grass
(d) A tree

5. Where does the train stop?
(a) The town center
(b) A meadow
(c) A ghetto
(d) A cornfield

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will do when Jim spits in his face?

2. Who does Miss Foley telephone?

3. What kind of month does the author say October is for boys?

4. What happens to the merry-go-round when Will flicks the switch?

5. What do people see through the window of the fifth house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocking things do Will and Jim see when they go back to the carnival with the police?

2. What wakes up Jim and Will during the night?

3. How do Jim and Will react differently when Robert invites them to come to the carnival with him?

4. What does the prologue say about months of a year from a boy's point of view?

5. What does Mr. Halloway see in the shop window on the way back from work?

6. What scares Jim and Will about the train?

7. What does Mr. Halloway say about white hat and black hat books?

8. What story do Will and Jim tell the lightning rod salesman?

9. What are Jim and Will's feelings about the Mirror Maze?

10. How does Jim react when he enters the Mirror Maze?

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