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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Lewis going in Chapter One to live with Uncle Jonathan?
(a) He is going to learn magic.
(b) His parents were killed in an automobile accident.
(c) He does not like his parents.
(d) He was left at an orphanage as a small boy.

3. What does Uncle Jonathan do with the reflection of the moon in Chapter Three?
(a) Eat it.
(b) Throw it like a Frisbee for the dog to catch.
(c) Pick it up and throw it.
(d) Offer it to Lewis and Tarby to play with.

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

5. What happens after the moon goes out in Chapter Three?
(a) The ghost appears.
(b) Isaac Izard appears.
(c) The yard lights up with strange sights and sounds.
(d) The stars go out.

6. What does Tarby do instead of playing baseball with Lewis in Chapter Four?
(a) Play soccer.
(b) Run track.
(c) Play football.
(d) Kick pine cones.

7. What does Lewis see when he hears a noise in the hallway in Chapter One?
(a) Uncle Jonathan hitting a hole into the wall.
(b) Mrs. Zimmerman with her ear to the wall.
(c) A clock walking down the hall.
(d) A ghost from the mantle.

8. What does Lewis do to get to the graveyard faster in Chapter Five?
(a) Take the long route.
(b) Take a boat.
(c) Take a shortcut.
(d) Take the car.

9. What does Lewis do when he tries to hit a baseball as said in Chapter Three?
(a) He throws the bat.
(b) He runs away from the ball.
(c) He hits a home-run every time.
(d) He lays down and lets the ball hit him.

10. What has Uncle Jonathan created a collection of so many clocks as said in Chapter Two?
(a) To become a horologist.
(b) To enjoy the sound.
(c) To drown out the sound of the clocks in the wall.
(d) To create Gothic atmosphere.

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

12. What is written on the back of the playing cards in Chapter One?
(a) Get Out While You Can.
(b) Capharnaum County Magician’s Society.
(c) Owner Beware.
(d) Hocus Pocus.

13. How does Mrs. Zimmerman appear in Chapter Two?
(a) Through the fire place.
(b) Through the kitchen sink.
(c) Out of thin air.
(d) Through a trap door in the study room bookshelf.

14. What do Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman think about how Lewis acts in Chapter Four?
(a) That Lewis has found new friends.
(b) That Lewis has been talking to Isaac Izard too much.
(c) That something is up between him and Tarby.
(d) That Lewis is going to raise the dead.

15. What does Tarby say at the end of Chapter Five that amazes Lewis?
(a) That he is a dead body.
(b) That he has seen resurrections like this before.
(c) That maybe what they saw was just the moonlight.
(d) That he was not scared.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tarby do when Lewis first tells him about Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Three?

3. What does Lewis mysteriously know after the moon goes out in Chapter Three?

4. What does Lewis need to complete the spell in Chapter Five?

5. Who does Lewis become friends with in Chapter Three?

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