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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merricat imagine she sees while at the summerhouse?
(a) Her family.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A flying horse.
(d) Charles watching her from the window.

2. Who finds Julian dead?
(a) Helen Clarke.
(b) Dr. Levy.
(c) Charles.
(d) Constance.

3. Who tells everyone at the house to stop taunting the girls?
(a) Dr. Levy.
(b) Charles.
(c) Jim Clarke.
(d) Helen Clarke.

4. What does Merricat bury by the creek in Chapter 10?
(a) Julian's neck tie.
(b) Julian's cufflinks.
(c) Julian's glasses.
(d) Julian's gold pencil.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Merricat say she is not allowed to touch?
(a) Matches.
(b) Her mother's fine china.
(c) Knives.
(d) Scissors.

6. What does Constance decide to plant where Julian used to sit?
(a) Lavender.
(b) A peach tree.
(c) A yellow flower.
(d) A blueberry bush.

7. Which room of the house does Merricat hate to go in?
(a) Her mother's bedroom.
(b) Her father's study.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The cellar.

8. How does Merricat describe the life that slowly took shape for her and Constance?
(a) As happy.
(b) As miserable.
(c) As unpredictable.
(d) As scary.

9. What does Merricat see happen at the house while in the forest?
(a) Police surveying the scene.
(b) An ambulance come for Julian.
(c) The roof cave in.
(d) Villagers looting the house.

10. How long has it been since Merricat last went to the summerhouse?
(a) Six years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two years.

11. Which of the following is not a song that Constance plays in Chapter 6?
(a) "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton."
(b) "Over the Sea to Skye."
(c) "A Vision in the Valley."
(d) "I Saw a Lady."

12. How many unbroken chairs does Merricat find to put at the table?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

13. Where does Merricat say she cannot go anymore in Chapter 10?
(a) The creek.
(b) The summerhouse.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The libary.

14. In Chapter 6, what does Charles tell Constance she shouldn't keep in the house?
(a) Julian.
(b) Money.
(c) A cat.
(d) Old newspapers.

15. What does Merricat not put in Charles's room?
(a) Glass fragments.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Dried ferns.
(d) Sticks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merricat notice about Constance in Chapter 8?

2. What does Merricat admire at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

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

5. What does Merricat propose making clothes from?

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