The House of the Scorpion Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Nancy Farmer
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The House of the Scorpion Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Nancy Farmer
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 129 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Matt to go to the oasis alone?
(a) He is curious.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He is lonely.
(d) He is angry.

2. Why does Celia tell Matt about her past?
(a) She plans to ask Matt for help.
(b) She needs Matt to understand.
(c) She thinks he will get in less trouble.
(d) She wants to talk about it.

3. Why does Maria decide to spend the night with Matt?
(a) She doesn't have another room.
(b) She doesn't want to be eaten by monsters.
(c) She is leaving the next day.
(d) She doesn't want him to be scared.

4. What is Tam Lin's job?
(a) Cook.
(b) Body guard.
(c) Butler.
(d) Doctor.

5. Where does Eduardo not want to work?
(a) The lab.
(b) The storage.
(c) The city.
(d) The farm.

6. Why does Steven say Matt is different from others of his kind?
(a) He is living on the ranch.
(b) He has the ability to speak.
(c) He is full-grown.
(d) His mind is intact.

7. Why is Matt so upset about what he saw at the hospital?
(a) It conjured up memories of the past.
(b) It made Maria sad.
(c) He has never seen another clone.
(d) He has never seen so much blood.

8. What does Maria say made her forgive Matt?
(a) She had a dream about Matt.
(b) She talked to Tom.
(c) She thought back over all the kind things Matt had done.
(d) She read about St. Francis.

9. What does Matt compare himself to as a clone?
(a) A computer chip.
(b) A back up.
(c) A reflection.
(d) A photograph.

10. What gave El Patron his desire to survive?
(a) Working in a hospital.
(b) Reading mythology.
(c) Watching his siblings die.
(d) Going to church.

11. What does Rosa get mad at Matt for?
(a) Killing her best friend.
(b) Taking Willum away from her.
(c) Giving her extra duties.
(d) Endangering Maria.

12. Who does Matt talk to about what he saw at the hospital?
(a) Maria.
(b) Tam Lin.
(c) El Patron.
(d) Celia.

13. Where is the oasis?
(a) In the fields.
(b) In the desert.
(c) At the outpost.
(d) Near the border.

14. What does Matt learn from?
(a) All of these.
(b) Books.
(c) Magazines.
(d) The TV.

15. Why is Eduardo told not to blunt the intelligence of the specimen?
(a) It is already purchased.
(b) It is part of a test unit.
(c) It is too advanced.
(d) It is a Matteo Alacran.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tam Lin celebrate that Matt is talking again?

2. What does Steven say Matt is?

3. Where does Felicia tell Matt to meet Maria after the party?

4. What does the doctor say Matt suffers from when Matt is with the old man?

5. What does Matt like to hide behind?

(see the answer keys)

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