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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. Who had supposedly murdered Ian Rider, as believed by Alex in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?
(a) Yassen Gregorovich.
(b) Jack Starbright.
(c) Herod Sayle.
(d) Mr. Grin.

2. What happens to the guard who drops one of the metal boxes in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?
(a) He is yelled at.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is slapped.
(d) He is fired.

3. What does the elderly, round-faced woman sit reading in the library when Alex enters in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?
(a) Crime and Punishment.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Odyssey.

4. What is the man in the thickly knitted jersey reading when Alex enters the library in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?
(a) A contract.
(b) Fisherman's Week.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) A bible.

5. Alex gets tricked into falling into the aquarium with the jellyfish by whom in Chapter 14, "Deep Water"?
(a) Yassen Gregorovich.
(b) Mrs. Jones.
(c) Jack Starbright.
(d) Ms. Vole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex see being inserted into the computer screens in Chapter 12, "Behind the Door"?

2. What does Alex trigger with his Game Boy, saving himself from Mr. Grin in Chapter 16, "Twelve O'Clock"?

3. Who awakens Alex in the beginning of Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"?

4. What does Alex find by the water when the tunnel goes underwater in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?

5. The Dozmary Mine had been owned by the Dozmary family for how many generations?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Alex find himself in the beginning of Chapter 13, "The School Bully"? What does Mr. Sayle reveal about the computers to Alex?

2. What book does Alex discover which leads to more clues in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?

3. How does Alex escape the Sayle estate in Chapter 15, "Eleven O'Clock"? What weapon does he gain?

4. How does Alex escape his assailants in Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"?

5. Who assists in saving Alex's life in the end of "Stormbreaker"? Why?

6. What is problematic about Mr. Sayle's revenge motivation in Chapter 13, "The School Bully"?

7. What motivation does Mr. Sayle have for his plans in Chapter 13, "The School Bully"? Who does he seek revenge upon?

8. How does Alex escape Mr. Grim in Chapter 16, "Twelve O'Clock"? Where does he attempt to land?

9. What does Alex discover outside the store room in Chapter 12, "Behind the Door"?

10. What foreshadowing is revealed in Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"? How does this chapter build suspense in the narrative?

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