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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Spunk say Joe didn't come to his face to kill him?
(a) He thought Spunk was too ugly.
(b) He stole Lena back.
(c) He didn't dare.
(d) He was dead.

2. What does Spunk call Elijah before he dies?
(a) 'Lige.
(b) A haunt.
(c) His soul mate.
(d) Joe's spirit.

3. Where is Spunk when he dies?
(a) In bed.
(b) Outside of town.
(c) At work.
(d) On the railroad tracks.

4. Who tells the resolution of the story?
(a) Lena.
(b) A third-person narrator.
(c) Spunk.
(d) Joe.

5. Who does Spunk move out of her home?
(a) Elijah's daughter.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) Lena.

6. What does Walter say is the only thing Joe ever wanted?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Money.
(c) Lena.
(d) A family.

7. What does Spunk believe is moving at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) His bed.
(b) His closet.
(c) His hands.
(d) The saw.

8. What do people talk about in the last line of Chapter 4?
(a) Where Spunk's spirit will show up.
(b) How glad they are that things turned out the way they did.
(c) Who will be Lena's next partner.
(d) Where the next funeral will be.

9. Who says that Spunk should be nervous after what he did to Joe?
(a) Spunk.
(b) Walter.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Lena.

10. What does the community bring to the wake?
(a) Children.
(b) The bodies.
(c) Balloons.
(d) Food.

11. What does the animal do to Spunk?
(a) Bites his finger off.
(b) Looks him right in the eye.
(c) Scratches him.
(d) Speaks to him.

12. What does Spunk say the animal actually is?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) Joe come back from Hell.
(c) His dead mother.
(d) His conscience.

13. What does the animal in Chapter 3 do?
(a) Crawls under the bed.
(b) Flies in and out of the bedroom.
(c) Walks around the house and howls.
(d) Growls.

14. What comes into the house when Spunk and Lena are together?
(a) An owl.
(b) A snake.
(c) A wild dog.
(d) A bobcat.

15. Which character seems to have come out the winner in Chapter 4?
(a) Lena.
(b) Joe.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Spunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Walter talking to in Chapter 3?

2. What color is the animal that comes into the house in Chapter 3?

3. What does Lena do in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Spunk say caused his death?

5. Who goes to the wake in Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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