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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mary Katherine's surname?
(a) Blackwater.
(b) Blackmoore.
(c) Blackburn.
(d) Blackwood.

2. What does Merricat hope would happen to the people who come to her house uninvited?
(a) That they would be bitten by snakes.
(b) That they would die.
(c) That they would meet with bad luck.
(d) That they would be arrested.

3. What does Merricat go to get for Constance which leads her to see an approaching stranger in Chapter 4?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A cushion.
(c) A notebook.
(d) A pair of slippers.

4. What does Merricat say the long field looks like in Chapter 4?
(a) A fluffy quilt.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A large rug.
(d) An ice rink.

5. Where did Merricat go while Constance was on trial for murder?
(a) To an orphanage.
(b) She hid in the Blackwood house.
(c) To a boarding school.
(d) To stay with cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Stella treat Mary Katherine?

2. What do the village children sing songs about?

3. What does Merricat have buried in the long field?

4. Where does Mary Katherine imagine her house being in Chapter 1?

5. What does Merricat find near the creek in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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