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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8: Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the "tick marks" that Linus finds in the cellar (296)?
(a) Small rips in the mattress.
(b) Lines that mark off time.
(c) The spots left on the wall by the burned clock.
(d) The burrows of bugs.

2. When Linus and Arthur confront the villagers, which villager is the first to speak?
(a) Marty.
(b) J-Bone.
(c) Norman.
(d) The postal clerk.

3. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Arthur tell Zoe to do if it is necessary to protect the children?
(a) Get them on the ferry to the mainland.
(b) Give Lucy permission to use his powers.
(c) Close the forest around them.
(d) Hide them in the cellar.

4. When Arthur was a child, what did he try to do to help himself and the other children at the Marsyas Orphanage?
(a) Burn the orphanage down.
(b) Send a letter to DICOMY.
(c) Kill the master of the orphanage.
(d) Borrow a boat so they could escape the island.

5. In Chapter Fifteen, what fear does the file about Arthur create in Linus?
(a) He is afraid that DICOMY will close the orphanage now that he knows about Arthur.
(b) He is afraid that the children and Arthur are only pretending to like him.
(c) He is afraid that he will lose his job as a caseworker.
(d) He is afraid that the children and Arthur might harm him.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their Chapter Nine conversation, what does Lucy explain about Arthur's name?

2. In Chapter Fifteen, to what does Linus compare Arthur's smile?

3. What philosopher do Arthur and Lucy discuss?

4. During dinner on page 109 of Chapter Six, what does Ms. Chapelwhite say "home" is?

5. When Arthur and Linus arrive at the mainland in Chapter Sixteen, what are the villagers holding?

(see the answer key)

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