Return to the Hollow Part III

Where does the story take place?

• in Porter’s Mill and Sarah’s house

• in Porter’s Mill and the Cave of the Lost

• in the Cave of the Lost and the library

• in Qynn’s school and Sarah’s house

What key event happens after Sarah

goes upstairs?

• She finds a space that is just as large as below, but it looks as if it used to be divided into rooms.

• She looks for Jake.

• She talks about Qynn’s Uncle Jasper.

• She finds a pendant.

Which of the following words means to observe and learn

about an area by traveling through it?

• abandon

• explore

• decide

• chase

In which scene do the girls find Uncle Jasper’s sketches and notes?

• while exploring the Cave of the Lost beneath the mill

• upstairs in the hallway between the small rooms

• while going through the mysterious ornate door

• downstairs with the ghostly children

How do the illustrations add to the suspense in the story?

• The drawings of Qynn and Sarah always show them as frightened girls, and the reader feels their fear.

• The bright colors and happy expressions on the characters’

  faces make everything feel scarier.

• The dark colors and plentiful shadows make the setting

  and the problem feel more dangerous.

• The drawings of Jake always show him in danger, allowing the reader to feel as scared as Jake does.

Classrooms are to hallways as chambers are to ____________.

• passageways

• streets

• music

• heart

Which of the following

show the events correctly in the order that they happen?

• The girls meet the children; The girls find Uncle Jasper’s notes.; The girls go through the door.; The girls find a keyhole behind water.

• The girls find Uncle Jasper’s notes.; The girls meet the children; The girls go through the door.; The girls find a keyhole behind water.

• The girls meet the children; The girls go through the door.; The girls find Uncle Jasper’s notes.; The girls find a keyhole behind water.;

• The girls meet the children; The girls find Uncle Jasper’s notes.; The girls find a keyhole behind water.; The girls go through the door.

What is the effect of Qynn using the key in the hole behind the water trickle?

• The kids find a stairway leading down beneath the mill.

• A secret compartment is revealed containing the pendant.

• The stone crumbles away and reveals an ornate door.

• Qynn is able to head up the stairs in the mill.

Which one of these is NOT a major event in the story that moves the story forward?

• Qynn and Sarah meet the ghostly children in the original Porter’s Mill.

• The children apologize for frightening the girls with their tricks.

• Jake and Odie follow Thomas downstairs into the tunnel.

• The girls jump through the ornate door in the Cave of the Lost.

• Jake and Odie chase the boy around the middle of the room, surrounded by laughing children.

Why did the author write this story?

• to persuade readers to explore caves

• to entertain readers with an adventure story

• to inform readers about the workings of a mill

• to entertain readers with a collection of jokes