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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 does Thomas' father feel about the triangles?
(a) He is scared.
(b) He is concerned.
(c) He is amused.
(d) He is not concerned.

2. What does Thomas do in order to better see the house?
(a) He climbs the hill.
(b) He looks at small details.
(c) He look for strange shapes on the walls.
(d) He takes pictures.

3. What did Dies Drear build the house for?
(a) Make money in cotton.
(b) Establish a trade post.
(c) Helping slaves.
(d) To look for gold.

4. What does Thomas want to keep watch for?
(a) His brothers.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Mice.
(d) Robbers.

5. What does Thomas' father say to Mr Pluto?
(a) He thanks him for getting the house ready.
(b) He tells him to leave.
(c) He asks him if he wants to stay for dinner.
(d) He ask him about a locksmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thomas excited about in Chapter 1?

2. Where does Thomas lay down in Chapter 6?

3. What was the name of the man who built the house?

4. What does Thomas' father do to block access to the tunnel?

5. What was the name of the network that helped escaped slaves going north in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the people who arrive at the house ask Thomas?

2. What do Thomas and his father discuss while eating?

3. Where does Thomas' father find Mr. Pluto in Chapter 7?

4. What happens when Thomas is walking through the woods?

5. What does Thomas tell his father about at the start of Chapter 5?

6. What does Thomas do outside of the house in Chapter 6?

7. Who does Thomas think fondly of when moving to Ohio?

8. What does Thomas discover when he is looking at the heavy front door?

9. How is the house of Dies Drear described at the start of Chapter 3?

10. Why does Thomas dislike his room according to Chapter 8?

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