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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a note say that the children find?
(a) There is no note.
(b) Beware of the mandersnatcher.
(c) It's not nice to ice the mice.
(d) Meet by the old sycamore at midnight.

2. Why is Mallory waking Jared?
(a) She is hungry.
(b) She heard the squirrel noises again.
(c) She wants to tell him their mother is gone.
(d) She has a leak in her bedroom.

3. Where is there a large hole where Jared goes?
(a) In the tree trunk about thirty feet up.
(b) In the road on the way to town.
(c) Opposite end from the suitcase.
(d) Where a window is broken in the basement.

4. What was stuffed in the space between the boards in the wall?
(a) Chicken wire.
(b) Cloth.
(c) More plaster.
(d) Old newspaper.

5. What did Mallory do as she led the boys down the hallway?
(a) Sneezes every three steps.
(b) Whispers instructions.
(c) Keeps grabbing Jared's arm.
(d) Stop every few steps to listen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jared do once he is outside with what he takes?

2. What makes Mallory look like a ghost?

3. Who does Helen Grace suspect is involved in the Mallory episode?

4. What does the book describe?

5. What did Mrs. Grace tell Mallory to do when she left for the store?

(see the answer key)

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