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What is the setting of the story?
A gloomy library during the day
A haunted forest during the summer
A spooky cave during the winter
A spooky library during nighttime
What is another word for tome?
Building
Scroll
Book
Grave
Which character is most eager to understand the happenings at Porter's Mill?
Sarah
The librarian
Qynn
Jake
Which of the following events happens first?
The girls hear children's laughter from the stairs
Qynn asks the librarian for help
Qynn and Sarah find the missing tome
The children head to the library to do research
What is the main problem in the story?
Qynn and Sarah are lost in the Hollow.
Qynn and Sarah need to find the book.
The head librarian is on vacation.
Weird things are happening in Porter's Mill.
Which of the following terms means 'a statement that makes something clear and easy to understand'?
Thunderous
Tentative
Explanation
Premises
What causes the girls to hide in the attic room?
The book falls by itself off the bookshelf.
They hear footsteps on the stairs.
They see something strange.
The librarian hears them and looks in the room.
What does Qynn do after the librarian tells her the book is missing?
Qynn asks Jake to look in the children's section.
Qynn and Sarah sneak upstairs to look for the Tome.
Qynn returns home to seek answers elsewhere.
Qynn tells Sarah to go to the library with her.
In which scene does the story reach its climax?
at the help desk in the front of the library
in the beginning outside Qynn's house
in the off-limits attic of the library
at the "authorized personnel only" door
Why did the author write this story?
to entertain readers with a thrilling adventure
to persuade readers to move to Porter's Mill
to persuade readers to go to the library more often
to inform readers about the history of Porter's Mill
How do the illustrations help create a suspenseful mood and support the tone of the story?
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Who is telling the story, and how do you know? Pick another character and tell us how the story would be different if the other character told it.
Qynn is telling the story, and we know because the story uses "I" to refer to her whenever she speaks.
