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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. How will the boys be able to keep in touch with each other at night in Chapter 35?
(a) By fireworks and smoke signals.
(b) By telephone.
(c) By walkie-talkie.
(d) By short-wave radio.

2. Who is Mike advised to ask about the soldier?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) Mrs. Moon.
(c) The librarian.
(d) A priest.

3. Who admitted to planting evidence on the executed man?
(a) Mr. Ashley-Montague Jr.
(b) William Campbell Phillips.
(c) One of the Moon children.
(d) Van Skye's uncle.

4. Who makes a love confession to Mike in Chapter 30?
(a) Cordie.
(b) Sandra.
(c) Laura.
(d) Michelle.

5. What has Lawrence been tied to in Chapter 39?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A chair.
(c) A desk.
(d) A staircase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will the other boys be waiting according to the plan that the boys devise in Chapter 32?

2. Where was the man tried for the murders around 1900 executed?

3. When delirious with fever, who does Mike imagine he is conversing with?

4. What does Kevin fill with liquid in Chapter 37?

5. What does Mike fire his gun at while in the belfry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What strange occurrence takes place at Michelle Staffney's birthday party?

2. What does Dale take from Mr. Ashley-Montague's shelf in Chapter 28?

3. Why do the boys go camping in Chapter 29?

4. How do the boys go about accelerating their plan in Chapter 37?

5. What does Mike imagine while delirious with fever in Chapter 23?

6. How do the boys defeat Van Skye?

7. What evidence was planted on the man accused of the little girl's murder in 1900, and who planted it there?

8. How does Mike explain the death of Father Cavanaugh to the sheriff, and does the sheriff believe him?

9. What does Mike encourage Father Cavanaugh to do? What happens when Father Cavanaugh is attacked?

10. How do the boys manage to get away from Dr. Roon?

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