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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was in the Mason jars Simon carries into the house?
(a) Lightning bugs.
(b) Two king snakes.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Mice.

2. What stopped Jared as he was walking towards the wall where he heard a noise?
(a) A creaking board.
(b) A hole in the floor.
(c) Sticky goo on the floor.
(d) Piled up furniture.

3. When does Jared say his life started going bad?
(a) When he entered seventh grade.
(b) When his best friend moved away.
(c) When his father moved out.
(d) When his father died.

4. For what did Mrs. Grace go to the store?
(a) Cereal and milk.
(b) Bread and peanut butter.
(c) Buckets to catch the leaks.
(d) Shampoo.

5. What happens when Jared jumps from what he sees?
(a) He sits down.
(b) His candle goes out.
(c) He knocks over the glasses.
(d) He trips on the desk chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jared show Mallory?

2. What tended to drown out the noises of Simon's animals in the children's previous house?

3. What startled Jared awake the first night?

4. What does Jared do to keep from screaming?

5. What makes Mallory look like a ghost?

(see the answer key)

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