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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon say to Jared when they are back in their bedroom?
(a) He thinks Jared should get a pet.
(b) He thinks Jared is crazy.
(c) He believes Jared about the note.
(d) He believes Jared is in big trouble.

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

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

4. How does Jared get upstairs on the dumbwaiter?
(a) He pulls up on rungs in the wall like a ladder.
(b) Simon and Mallory pulls on the cords.
(c) By pushing a button.
(d) He pulls himself with the cords on the dumbwaiter.

5. What does Mallory stack on top of a steamer trunk?
(a) The case in which she carried her swords.
(b) A box of dishes and a box of clothes.
(c) Two suitcases.
(d) Her box of stuffed animals.

6. What does Jared's mother say she is going to do if she finds the children wandering the house again?
(a) Cut off the television for a week.
(b) Lock them in their rooms.
(c) Put them on restriction.
(d) Make them clean the yard.

7. What was poked in the wood in the walls that resembled a snake?
(a) Straight pins.
(b) Toothpicks.
(c) Nails.
(d) Thumbtacks.

8. What does Jared's mother say to him when they are unloading the car?
(a) He'll make new friends.
(b) It is a chance for them to start over.
(c) The house just needs a little paint.
(d) He has to help his siblings.

9. What did Jared hear when he stopped walking in the kitchen?
(a) A low moaning noise in the wall.
(b) Something scrambling upward inside the wall.
(c) Hissing in the wall.
(d) The scrap of a chair being dragged across the floor.

10. Why do the children say they cannot send their book by mail?
(a) The book is too old.
(b) They don't have enough postage.
(c) The book is too large.
(d) It is too dangerous.

11. What was the Graces' previous home?
(a) A modern beachhome.
(b) A ranch style house.
(c) A small apartment.
(d) A farm.

12. What did Jared see when he sat up after he was awoken?
(a) A figure dressed in white.
(b) Simon standing by the window.
(c) A white owl on the window sill.
(d) A mouse running across the floor.

13. What does Mallory grab on Jared?
(a) His belt.
(b) His pants.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His shoulder.

14. What kind of dwarves was one book about?
(a) American.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Irish.
(d) English.

15. What tended to drown out the noises of Simon's animals in the children's previous house?
(a) Their father's snoring.
(b) Cars and sirens.
(c) The whine of the refrigerator.
(d) The place was sound proof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jared wish was happening as they are unloading their car?

2. Who does Jared hear on the stairs?

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

4. What was the photocopy sent to Holly and Tony?

5. What was the main problem with Jared's mattress?

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