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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis ask Uncle Jonathan to do in Chapter Three?
(a) Teach Lewis magic.
(b) Eclipse the moon.
(c) Play ball with him.
(d) Curse Tarby.

2. What does Lewis want to do for Tarby in Chapter Three?
(a) Become better friends.
(b) Get him a gift.
(c) Teach him magic.
(d) Have Uncle Jonathan show him a magic trick.

3. What is the town that Lewis is going to live in, as said in Chapter One?
(a) New York.
(b) New Zebedee, New Michagan.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) New Hampshire.

4. How did Tarby break his arm as said in Chapter Three?
(a) He was cursed by a witch.
(b) He got in a fight with another kid.
(c) He was hanging off of a tree by his knees and fell.
(d) He jumped off of a cliff.

5. What does Tarby do when Lewis first tells him about Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Three?
(a) Ask Lewis to show him proof.
(b) Make fun of Lewis.
(c) Get scared and run away.
(d) Tell the other boys.

6. What does Lewis wish in the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) That he was better friends with Tarby.
(b) That he could find another way to win Tarby's friendship.
(c) That he does not have to go to follow through with the plan.
(d) That Uncle Lewis would raise the dead for him.

7. What does Lewis do with the Spanish Armada in Chapter Four?
(a) Wish it good luck.
(b) Spit at it.
(c) Wave to it.
(d) Shoot a cannon at it.

8. What does Lewis say to himself on the train in Chapter One?
(a) A wish to be home.
(b) Altar boy prayers.
(c) A prayer to his parent's ghosts.
(d) The Ten Commandments.

9. What is the passage about that Lewis reads at night in Chapter One?
(a) About a young orphan boy making his way in the world.
(b) About ghosts at night.
(c) About Rizzio being killed by Scots in front of Mary, Queen of Scots.
(d) About a haunted watchtower.

10. What stops Uncle Jonathan from talking when he is picking up Lewis in Chapter One?
(a) The tolling of the church bell.
(b) He had lost his watch.
(c) His absentmindedness.
(d) He does not know where the train station is.

11. What does Lewis see in Chapter Five as he tries to fall asleep?
(a) Uncle Jonathan on his nightly rounds.
(b) The fire in the fireplace.
(c) Selenna beside his bed.
(d) Two dots of cold grey light.

12. What does Lewis do in the three weeks before he returns to school in Chapter Two?
(a) Eat lots of chocolate.
(b) Read all the books in the house.
(c) Explore New Zebedee and Barnavelt's Folly.
(d) Run away.

13. What did the previous owner of Barnavelt’s Folly do as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Marry Mrs. Zimmerman.
(b) Hide a magical clock in the walls.
(c) Ask the neighbors for help and support.
(d) Curse Uncle Jonathan.

14. What does Lewis find out about Uncle Jonathan’s night walks in Chapter Two?
(a) That he goes for these walks every night.
(b) That it is really Mrs. Zimmerman disguised as Jonathan.
(c) That he has insomnia.
(d) That he is looking for ghosts.

15. What illusion does Uncle Jonathan pull up second in Chapter Four?
(a) The London Eye.
(b) The Aztec Kingdom.
(c) The defeated Spanish Armada.
(d) The Battle of Waterloo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Uncle Jonathan doing at night in Chapter Two?

2. What does Tarby yell when he sees Lewis in Chapter Five?

3. Why does Uncle Jonathan say he can eclipse the moon in Chapter Three?

4. What does Lewis find strange in Chapter Two about a coatrack?

5. How is Lewis’ new room furnished as said in Chapter One?

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