Whose breath escaped just enough for Thomas to get a whiff, reminding him of some horrible memory that was just out of reach. It made his stomach turn.

• Bob

• Alby

• Chuckie

• Gally

Thomas hated these people. He hated all of them. Except ________________________.

• Chuck

• Gally

• John

While he is still pouting under the tree, Thomas sees a metallic object with red lights scurrying in the branches above him. Little pudgy Chuck appears and says that they're called "________________," and they're only dangerous if you touch them.

• rats

• huge spiders

• beetle blades

• mice

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The doors close up every ________________.

• morning

• afternoon

• night

Chuck, like a nervous nanny, urges Thomas to come with him and go to bed because "trust me, when nighttime strikes, you want to be __________"

• in bed

• outside

• in the kitchen

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Thomas decides to look around despite Chuck's hesitance, who explains that he can't go outside the walls just yet because _______________________.

• they're about to open

• they're about to close

• they're about to fall

Upstairs, Thomas opens a door to find something out of a bad dream.________________ is writhing in pain, swollen, battered, with sickly green veins.

• Alby

• Chuck

• Ben

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4