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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. What is one reason might the creature be bothering Mallory?
(a) Because the children do not believe in it.
(b) Because the Grace children have invaded its space.
(c) Because Jared disturbed the tree in the yard.
(d) Because Jared found the book.

2. What does Jared take outside of the house?
(a) A large basket.
(b) A brown paper sack.
(c) A black plastic garbage bag.
(d) A small box.

3. What does Jared hear in the morning?
(a) Mallory making breakfast.
(b) Mallory screaming.
(c) Mallory and Simon yelling.
(d) Absolute silence.

4. What is Helen Grace's biggest concern about Jared's activities that morning?
(a) She is not concerned as she knows Jared can take care of himself.
(b) That he could get in trouble for trespassing into the abandoned building.
(c) That he could fall through the floor of the attic.
(d) That he could fall out of the tall sycamore with the large hole in it.

5. What is splashed on the walls?
(a) Foodstuff.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Water.
(d) Paint.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jared's mother have him do?

3. What does Jared see on the floor?

4. What does Jared's mother ask him?

5. What does Jared spread on the floor of the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jared doing that night that surprises Simon, what is Simon doing and what is Jared thinking about?

2. What wakes Jared in the morning, where does he run, what does he see and who else is there with him?

3. What phrase is Jared thinking about in the poem, and where does he decide to go?

4. What does Ms. Grace think about Mallory's situation?

5. What do Simon and Mallory think about her situation?

6. What does Jared do with the black plastic garbage bag and what does he see inside it?

7. What does Jared think might be in the wall?

8. Why does Jared decide to go downstairs and what does he do in the kitchen?

9. What does Jared decide to do to calm the boggart and what does he carry into the house? What is his mother's reaction to Jared's load?

10. What does Jared ultimately find in the trunk?

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