The House of Dies Drear Chapter 1

When he had the nightmare about the giant trees and the man with white hair and red eyes, Thomas was

• in a camping tent

• riding in his father's car

• in his own bed

The man in the dream warned Thomas to

• stay back

• forget what he had seen

• keep his thoughts to himself

Thomas Small was

• thirteen

• fifteen

• sixteen

Thomas and his family were leaving

• a new home they had just bought

• the town where Papa had worked for ten years

• an old house and folks who were mostly relatives

When Thomas's father asked her to move with them, Great-grandmother Jeffers

• cried

• said she would consider it

• laughed

Great-grandmother planned to roast chicory because she believed it would

• ward off calamity for the family on their journey

• bring great riches to Thomas and his family

• make Thomas's dreams come true

Thomas and his family were moving from

• Atlanta, Georgia

• the mountains of North Carolina

• A Virginia mining town

Thomas and his family were moving to

• Ohio

• Michigan

• Illinois

Since morning, Mr. Small had been driving in

• snow

• fog

• rain

The family was making its move in the month of

• June

• December

• March