The Field Guide Chapters 4-7

1. Why did Mallory wake up screaming?
a) Her hair had been knotted to the headboard.
b) A creature ran across her bed while she was sleeping.
c) The roof of the house caved in during the thunder storm.
d) She heard noises coming from the attic room.

2. Which character from the book is telling the story?
a) Simon
b) Mallory
c) Jared
d) Mom

3. Jared found Arthur Spiderwick's field guide to the Fantastical World Around You _______.
a) under Mallory's bed tied up in her night gown
b) in a hidden compartment in the bottom of the chest
c) in the dumbwaiter
d) under the staircase

4. When a brownie becomes angry it becomes _____________.
a) a scout
b) a faerie
c) a boggart
d) a dragonfly

5. To prove the creature was real Jared _____________.
a) put flour on the floor
b) set out a squirrel cage with bait
c) set up the video camera to record through the night

6. What message did Jared find in the freezer?
a) Jeffrey freezes nicely.
b) Lemondrop lands with a plop.
c) Frogsicles are delicious.
d) Not very nice to ice the mice.

7. The children decided to give the Boggart a new house made from ______.
a) cereal boxes
b) a Barbie dollhouse
c) a birdhouse
d) Lincoln logs

8. The boggart warned Jared and Simon to ______________.
a) burn the field guide, or they would come to harm
b) leave Lucinda's house, or the faeries would pinch them black and blue
c) seal up the dumbwaiter hole, or Jeffrey and Lemondrop would be frozen in the freezer

9. Which statement below contains a cause-effect relationship?
a) The little man tipped his cap and jumped off the side of the desk.
b) Mallory knelt down and flipped through the pages with her fingers.
c) If you do not heed, you will draw their ire.
d) Throw the book away, toss it in a fire.

10. Which conclusion can you make after reading The Field Guide?
a) A boggart will grow wings and fly into the birdhouse.
b) Simon and Jared will meet many new creatures in the following books in this series.
c) Mom will move back to New York, and Dad will return home.
d) Lucinda will move back into her home.



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1. (a)
2. (c)
3. (b)
4. (c)
5. (a)
6. (d)
7. (c)
8. (a)
9. (c)
10. (b)