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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merricat feel within the house when she goes home in Chapter 8?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Tension.
(d) Anger.

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

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

4. What does Constance decide to do with Uncle Julian's papers?
(a) Keep them in the cellar.
(b) Bury them.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Paper the damaged walls with them.

5. What does Merricat see when she peeks into Charles's room in Chapter 8?
(a) Charles's bank book.
(b) Charles's pipe.
(c) Jonas on his bed.
(d) Her mother's pearls.

6. How does Merricat refer to Charles in Chapter 7?
(a) As a devil.
(b) As a beast.
(c) As a demon.
(d) As a monster.

7. Why does Constance say Helen cannot come for tea anymore?
(a) Because the house is too messy.
(b) Because Helen is not trustworthy.
(c) Because Helen will invite others along with her.
(d) Because they only have two cups.

8. What does Constance prepare for Merricat to eat in Chapter 9?
(a) Beef stew.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) Chicken soup.
(d) Jam toast.

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

10. Who does Merricat not expect to be at Julian's funeral?
(a) The Carringtons.
(b) Mrs. Wright.
(c) The Clarkes.
(d) Charles.

11. What blocks the kitchen door when Constance and Merricat return home?
(a) A fallen cieling beam.
(b) The kitchen table.
(c) A pile of furniture on the porch.
(d) A mattress.

12. Where does Merricat take her sister in Chapter 8?
(a) To the summerhouse.
(b) To Helen's house.
(c) To her secret hiding spot.
(d) To an abandoned church.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles examine in the drawing room in Chapter 6?

2. How many unbroken chairs does Merricat find to put at the table?

3. What did Merricat's mother want to do to the summerhouse?

4. What does Julian worry about Charles seeing?

5. What does Merricat bury by the creek in Chapter 10?

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