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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the three characters play together in Chapter One?
(a) Spit-out-the-Window.
(b) Hide and Seek.
(c) Poker.
(d) Johnny's Nightshirt.

2. What happens with Tarby and Lewis in Chapter Four?
(a) Tarby hangs out with Lewis less and less.
(b) Tarby asks Lewis to move away.
(c) Tarby asks Lewis to teach him magic.
(d) Tarby hangs out with him more.

3. Who was the previous owner of Barnvault’s Folly as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Mrs. Zimmerman.
(b) Isaac Izard and his wife.
(c) Uncle Jonathan.
(d) Lewis.

4. What does Uncle Jonathan use to create a reflection of the moon in Chapter Three?
(a) Water from the tap put into a teacup.
(b) Water from the nearby stream.
(c) Water from the mansion’s gutters.
(d) Three pails of water from the rain barrel in a birdbath.

5. What does Lewis decide before he goes to bed at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) That logic can not solve this problem.
(b) That he needs a new home.
(c) That he is too tired to think.
(d) That Uncle Jonathan is crazy.

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

7. What does Lewis like about the town of new Zebedee in Chapter Two?
(a) It is haunted.
(b) It is colored pink.
(c) It is all the same.
(d) Each of the buildings has lots of interesting details.

8. What does Lewis hear in his room at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) Uncle Jonathan's coughs.
(b) The voice of Isaac Izard.
(c) The sound of his father lecturing him about magic.
(d) A clock ticking in the walls.

9. Why does Uncle Jonathan say he can eclipse the moon in Chapter Three?
(a) Because the moon’s axis is aligned with Uranus.
(b) Because he has done is many times before.
(c) Because he likes helping Lewis out.
(d) Because the planets are favorable next Friday.

10. What does Lewis tell Tarby in Chapter Four that Uncle Jonathan can do?
(a) Create houses.
(b) Raise the dead.
(c) Call genies.
(d) Fly.

11. What does Lewis find strange in Chapter Two about a coatrack?
(a) It has turned orange.
(b) It has disappeared.
(c) It has turned into a stained glass castle.
(d) A picture of a Mayan castle has appeared where a mirror used to be.

12. What does Tarby say was Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Four?
(a) It was real magic.
(b) It was only hypnosis.
(c) It was a real eye opener.
(d) It was too scary for Tarby to handle.

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

14. What does Lewis dream of at the end of Chapter One?
(a) Being back home with his family.
(b) Him and Jonathan eating cookies.
(c) Him and Jonathan playing poker.
(d) Him and Jonathan running down the street with something chasing them.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tarby say at the end of Chapter Five that amazes Lewis?

3. What does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis about himself and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chapter Two?

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

5. Why is Lewis going in Chapter One to live with Uncle Jonathan?

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