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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis see in Chapter Eight on the outside of the mansion?
(a) Mrs. Izard.
(b) Strange leaf-light.
(c) Archangel Michael.
(d) The gargoyles come to life.

2. How many siblings does Tarby have?
(a) 12.
(b) Nine.
(c) One.
(d) 13.

3. What happens in December in Chapter Seven?
(a) A new orphan comes to Barnavelt's Folly.
(b) The Hanchetts, the new next door neighbors, move in.
(c) The Hanchetts, the next door neighbors, move out.
(d) The Hatchets move away.

4. Who does Uncle Jonathan say in Chapter Eight is renting the old Hanchett house?
(a) Mrs. O'Meagher.
(b) Mrs. Zimmerman.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Hammerhead.

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

6. What does Mrs. Zimmerman tell Lewis to do in Chapter Nine?
(a) Run.
(b) Catch Mrs. Zimmerman.
(c) Help her.
(d) Eat cookies.

7. What do Uncle John, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Lewis see in Chapter Six when they return home from a drive?
(a) They have been vandalized.
(b) The windows of the house are broken.
(c) They have a new neighbor.
(d) The front door is ajar.

8. What does Lewis do to the clock in Chapter Ten?
(a) Winds it faster.
(b) Pulls out the cuckoo at the top.
(c) Sets it back two hours.
(d) Smashes it.

9. What does Uncle Jonathan do after he gets out of the car in Chapter Six?
(a) Go for a walk.
(b) Sit on the hood of the car.
(c) Run back and ask for the fastest way to return to New Zebedee.
(d) Stretch.

10. What happens to Mrs. Izard in Chapter Ten?
(a) She is reunited with Mr. Izard.
(b) She falls to the ground as a skull when the clock is smashed.
(c) She ends the world.
(d) She reforms to good.

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

12. What does Hammerhandle yell at Lewis in Chapter Seven?
(a) To come into the house.
(b) To see the cool new hammer handles.
(c) To be friendly.
(d) To stay away from the house.

13. What do Izard's notes say as revealed in Chapter Eight?
(a) He is making a clock to bring Doomsday.
(b) He is making a clock to keep time for cooking his chicken.
(c) He is making a clock to bring heaven to earth.
(d) He is making a clock to crack open the Earth.

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

15. Who is the driver of the moving truck in Chapter Seven?
(a) Hammerhandle.
(b) Hammerdead.
(c) Nailhead.
(d) Hammerhead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the object in Chapter Ten not answer Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman's question regarding where the magic clock is?

2. What does Lewis do in Chapter Eight to hear what Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman really think about Isaac Izard?

3. Why does Uncle Jonathan say the Izards want to end the world in Chapter Eight?

4. Who is in the picture that Lewis sees on the Hanchett's wall in Chapter Nine?

5. What does Uncle Jonathan do when Lewis asks him what his words regarding Hammerhandle meant later in Chapter Seven?

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