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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Uncle Jonathan's coal bin in Chapter Ten?
(a) In the attic.
(b) Outside in the yard.
(c) In the basement.
(d) Underneath the rain barrel.

2. What do Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman ask in Chapter Ten where the magic clock is?
(a) The Christmas tree.
(b) The piano.
(c) Lewis' eight ball.
(d) The ouija board.

3. What does Lewis do in Chapter Eight to hear what Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman really think about Isaac Izard?
(a) Asks their opinions.
(b) Goes into the parlor.
(c) Sneaks into the secret passageways.
(d) Confronts them.

4. What does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis to do in Chapter Ten?
(a) Go back to the Hanchett's.
(b) Go find the clock.
(c) Eat all the chocolate chip cookies.
(d) Write the silliest instructions he can think of.

5. What does Lewis see behind them as they drive in Chapter Six?
(a) A truck.
(b) "Two cold circles of light" (96).
(c) A tow truck.
(d) A hot air balloon.

6. What had the person Lewis finds at the door at night in Chapter Eight always smelled like?
(a) Kersone.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Oranges.

7. What does Uncle Jonathan do when Lewis asks him what his words regarding Hammerhandle meant later in Chapter Seven?
(a) Play chess with Lewis.
(b) Eat dinner in silence.
(c) Tell Lewis the meaning.
(d) Snap at Lewis and go to his study.

8. What does Mrs. Izard do in Chapter Nine to Uncle Jonathan's staff?
(a) Eat it.
(b) Drain it of its light.
(c) Set it on fire.
(d) Toss it out the window.

9. Where is the entrance to the mansion's secret passageway, as said in Chapter Eight?
(a) In a china cupboard.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the coal bin.
(d) In the attic.

10. Who does Lewis find at the door at night in Chapter Eight?
(a) Uncle Jonathan.
(b) Mrs. Izard.
(c) His dead Aunt Mattie.
(d) His dead dog Ralph.

11. How does someone freeze Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chapter Ten?
(a) With her magic sword.
(b) With a Hand of Glory.
(c) With her eyes.
(d) With a magic spell.

12. Who appears in Chapter Nine to help Lewis?
(a) Paul Bunyan.
(b) Archangel Michael.
(c) Uncle Jonathan.
(d) Mrs. Zimmerman.

13. What, in Chapter Nine, does Lewis like to stand on as he gets dressed?
(a) A chair.
(b) The mirror.
(c) The roof.
(d) A handmade hooked rug.

14. Why does Uncle Jonathan say the creek stopped the car?
(a) Because it can not swim.
(b) Because it is too wide.
(c) Because he cast a spell.
(d) Because evil things can not cross water.

15. Who stops Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chapter Ten from reaching the magic clock?
(a) Mr. Zimmerman.
(b) Mrs. Izard.
(c) Mr. Izard.
(d) Ralph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis call Tarby in Chapter Nine?

2. What does Lewis see at the end of Chapter Seven at the Hanchett's former house?

3. What do Mrs. Zimmerman and Uncle Jonathan notice about Lewis in Chapter Six?

4. Who is Mrs. Corrigan?

5. What does Izard say in Chapter Eight about his wife in his notes?

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