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"The House of Dies Drear" Test Review
"The House of Dies Drear" Test Review
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Review for the final test for "The House of Dies Drear".
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1
Thomas's family moved from the mountains of
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
2
Which family member of the family was invited but refused to move with the family?
Thomas's grandmother
Mr. Small's brother
Thomas's older brother
3
What is Mr. Pluto's family name?
Skinner
Carr
Darrow
4
Mr. Small agreed not to turn the objects in the cavern over to the foundation until
they were sure there wasn't another cavern
he had made an inventory of all the objects
Mr. Pluto agreed
5
Which of the following was NOT part of the Dies Drear treasure?
taperstries
rare paintings from Europe
a collection of glass
6
Where did Mr. Small find the fourth triangle?
in the tunnel behind the kitchen
in the car
in his office on the college campus
7
People thought Pluto was
a devil
crazy old man
the rightful owner of the house
8
The being came into the house the first night entered
through the kitchen tunnel
from behind the large mirror in the hall
through a chimney
9
Petsy had a special relationship with
Mayhew
Grandfather Darrow
Pluto
10
The House of Dies Drear was located in
Ohio
Tennessee
the mountains of Virginia
11
Who vandalized the Small's kitchen?
the Darrows
the Carrs
Pesty and Mac
12
Mr. Pluto lived
in the filling station
in a small house near the church
in a cave
13
In church, Thomas learned that Petsy
was just as spooky as Pluto
liked to pretend to be Pluto's friend
had a beautiful singing voice
14
What birthday present does Thomas receive from his father?
a baseball
a book on the Civil War
a camera
15
Instead of the calling the police, Mr. Small, Pluto and Mayhew decided to
threaten the Darrows
trapping the Darrows in the tunnel
scaring the Darrows
16
What happened to Dies Drear and two slaves he had hidden?
murdered
They lived like hermits until the war was over
Escaped to Canada
17
When the three metallic objects left by the intruder were put together, they formed
a map
a Greek cross
a large T
18
Fleeing slaves sometimes went willingly back into slavery to
help fight the Civil War
help organize slave riots
help others escape
19
Thomas discovered a tunnel under the front steps that led to
Pluto's cave
the kitchen
the river
20
What happened to the third slave?
He escaped to Canada
He was murdered
He was returned to slavery
21
What was special about the day the family moved?
Thomas had just graduated from elementary school.
It was Thomas's birthday.
It was snowing.
22
Who plays the church piano?
Pesty
Mr. Pluto
Mac Darrow
23
What is Thomas' special talent?
plays piano
sculpts wood
paints pictures
24
What time of year was it when the family moved to the new house?
Easter
July
Thanksgiving
25
Mr. Pluto was
the caretaker of the house
a descendant of Dies Drear
a former owner of the house
26
What did Thomas and Pesty see hanging from the end of the chain in the cavern?
a trunk
a map
a large diamond
27
The area around the house was
solid granite rock
part of an earthquake zone
full of caves
28
What does Mr. Small want to do about the treasures?
seal them up in the cave
put them on public display
inventory them
29
Where does Thomas sleep the first night in the new house?
front parlor
den
his bedroom
30
Thomas and his father dressed up like
old women
devils
ghost slaves
31
Thomas knew that the house of Dies Drear had a reputation for being
showplace of history
haunted
the oldest house in town
32
Thomas's father was
a writer
an engineer
a teacher
33
The strange noise that Thomas had heard in the tunnel and in the trees was
Mr. Pluto's horses
Pesty
Mr. Pluto's bellows
34
Which of the following was NOT something Mr. Carr told Mr. Small about the Darrows?
They did a lot of digging around their place
They were mean
They sent Mac out to spy on people
35
Even though they were badly frightened, the Darrows
knew they had been fooled
continued to prowl
decided to try to make friends with the Smalls
36
How did Mr. Small open the wall that concealed the secret cavern?
by pushing on the upper right corner of the wall
by pulling a lever on the wooden doors
by pulling a rope in the corner
37
How many runaway slaves were said to have passed through Ohio?
1,000,000
40,000
5,000
38
The house of Dies Drear had been
a prison during Civil War
a stopping place on the Underground Railroad.
owned by freed slaves
39
The Darrows thought the treasure was
works of art
in a house
gold
40
What state do the members of the Small family move to?
North Carolina
Tennessee
Ohio
41
Mayhew Skinner was
Pluto's son
Dies Drear's great grandson
college rep
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Mayhew Skinner was
a college professor
a museum director
an actor
