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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Merricat find Jonas sleeping in Chapter 6?
(a) On the roof of the porch.
(b) In her secret hiding place.
(c) In Charles' room.
(d) Among the lettuce plants.

2. What do Constance and Merricat fashion dresses out of?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Curtains.
(c) Potato sacks.
(d) Tablecloths.

3. What does Merricat notice about Constance in Chapter 8?
(a) Constance is limping.
(b) Constance is in a bad mood.
(c) Constance's eyes are red.
(d) Constance is well made-up.

4. What does a woman called Ethel tell some children outside the Blackwoods' house?
(a) That the Blackwood sisters torture small animals.
(b) That the Blackwood sisters hunt children.
(c) That the Blackwood sisters are dead.
(d) That the Blackwood sisters have magic powers.

5. What does Merricat persuade Constance to take outside and add to the barricade?
(a) Julian's wheelchair.
(b) The broken mirror from Charles' room.
(c) Julian's desk.
(d) A bed frame.

6. To what does Merricat compare her house, now that it is burned and damaged?
(a) A castle.
(b) A burned cake.
(c) A haunted house.
(d) A greek ruin.

7. What does Merricat ask Charles to do in Chapter 6?
(a) To go away.
(b) Help Constance go to the village.
(c) Run an errand in the village.
(d) Repair the back steps.

8. What do the village children grab during the mayhem in Chapter 8?
(a) Jonas.
(b) Preserves from the cellar.
(c) The library books.
(d) Constance's spice cookies.

9. Who does Charles bring with him to the Blackwood house in Chapter 10?
(a) A photographer.
(b) A police officer.
(c) His fiancee.
(d) A doctor.

10. What does Merricat break in Chapter 6?
(a) A clock.
(b) A jar.
(c) A pair of cufflinks.
(d) A mirror.

11. In Chapter 9, what do the girls find lying just inside the drawing room door?
(a) A pile of their clothes.
(b) The safe.
(c) Their mother's portrait.
(d) Julian's wheelchair.

12. Why hasn't Merricat buried anything around the summerhouse?
(a) Because Jonas warned her not to.
(b) Because the ground is too wet.
(c) Because the ground there is evil.
(d) Because it is too far from the main house.

13. In Chapter 9, how many more times did Helen Clarke come by the house?
(a) Two more times.
(b) One more time.
(c) Seven more times.
(d) Four more times.

14. What does Merricat use to barricade the sides of the house in Chapter 10?
(a) Tree boughs and branches.
(b) Stones.
(c) Broken furniture.
(d) Bricks and lumber.

15. What does Julian fret about while the house is burning?
(a) His wheelchair getting muddy.
(b) His papers.
(c) His suits.
(d) Having to go out in the cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merricat decide to do on her most powerful day in Chapter 7?

2. What does Julian say happened to Merricat at the orphanage?

3. What does Constance ask Merricat to do before dinner?

4. How does Merricat refer to Charles in Chapter 7?

5. What does Charles do while the house is on fire?

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