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Worksheets"The Old Willis Place" ch. 9 & 10
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who were Diana and Lissa going into the woods to find?
Miss Lillian
the teenagers who stole her things
MacDuff
Georgie
How did Georgie act when Diana and Lissa found him and Lissa asked to be friends?
excited
surprised
angry
he ignored them
What things did Georgie give back to Lissa? **READ YOUR CHOICES CAREFULLY!**
the book they borrowed
the book and the bear
the bear only
he didn't give anything back to her
What did Lissa say that made Georgie tell Diana that they couldn't trust her?
she would tell her father if they didn't return her things
she would go speak to their parents and tell on them
she thought they were lying to her and didn't want to be friends
she thought he looked dirty and needed a bath
When Georgie returned the bear, what did Lissa notice?
it was a different one
it was torn and ruined
it was dirty
he didn't return it
When Diana tells Georgie that she was going to walk Lissa home, what does he call her?
a coward
a good friend
a liar
a traitor
Mr. Morrison invites Diana to stay for dinner, but what excuse does she give as the reason she can't stay?
She doesn't like that kind of food
Her parents are expecting her home
Her brother misses her
She has to go do some school work
Where did Lissa ask Diana to meet her the next day?
at the trailer
in the woods
at the terrace
on the highway
Lissa writes in her diary about her secret plan for when her dad is out running errands the next day. What is her plan?
to run away so that she can attend a real school
to go find Georgie and scare him
to sneak off the farm and go find Diana's parents
to take the key and go inside the old Willis place
As Diana was on her way to meet Lissa, what did she really want to happen?
for her brother to jump out and stop her from going
for the rain to cancel their plans
for the police to come
for her brother and cat to come with her
Diana says (to the reader only) that there are some things that she never feels. What are they?
cold, hot, hunger, thirst
cold, hot, sadness, happiness
cold only
dirty, hunger, happiness, tired
What does Lissa pull from her pocket to show Diana?
a old phot of Miss Lillian
her diary
the old-fashioned key
a note from her father
How did MacDuff react when Lissa opened the door to the old Willis place?
he ran inside
he barked and stepped back
he ran away to the trailer
he didn't do anything
What was at the top of the steps?
a seat to go up and down
a door that had locks all over it
bugs and snakes
all of Miss Lillian's cats
What did Lissa find in Miss Lillian's old bedroom?
her old cats, dead
her old clothes and hats
nothing, it was empty
a piano
When they looked at the old photograph of Miss Lillian, what did they say she looked like?
a kind old woman
a monster
a witch
crazy
What did they find on the third floor that Diana said no one was allowed to touch?
Miss Lillian's clothes
Miss Lillian's piano
Miss Lilian's jars of food
Miss Lillian's old photos
What is the reason Diana kept giving Lissa as to why they needed to leave the house?
she was scared
that they were breaking the rules
that the house was haunted
that it was passed her curfew to be home
What did Lissa want to be dared to do at the end of the chapter?
knock the photos off the walls
scream as loud as she could
stay the night there
open the door to the parlor
Using context clues from the sentence, what does the word loped mean?
MacDuff loped about on the lawn, following his nose as if he were searching for something.
run around easily
a great victory or achievement
disagreeing, lack of harmony
with great detail
