The Castle in the Attic Chapters 9 - 10
1. How did Mrs. Phillips feel about living in the castle?
a) Mrs. Phillips just wanted to go home to England.
b) Mrs. Phillips was indifferent about living in the castle; she didn't
care one way or the other.
c) Mrs. Phillips loved living in the castle and thought Sir Simon was
extremely handsome.
d) Mrs. Phillips was so unhappy that she had trouble eating and
sleeping.
2. Sir Simon wanted William to ----.
a) apologize to Mrs. Phillips
b) shrink himself and follow the riddle
c) take the castle outside in the open air
d) tell his parents about what he had done
3. William bought ----- at the grocery store to use in cooking his and
his father's Chinese dinner.
a) vegetables
b) meat
c) fruit
d) milk
4. When William asked Jason for advice, -----.
a) he told him, he wouldn't leave someone in trouble without helping
them
b) he laughed at him
c) he said that he had to figure this problem out by himself
d) he just turned and walked away
5. The Silver Knight was disturbed when -----.
a) the stable caught on fire
b) Dad took the moat upstairs
c) a mouse got inside the castle
d) Mrs. Phillips became ill
6. One week after he shrank Mrs. Phillips, William ----.
a) decided to tell Jason about the Silver Knight
b) let Mrs. Phillips return to England
c) ran away from home
d) decided to shrink himself
7. How did Mrs. Phillips react to seeing William in the castle?
a) Mrs. Phillips told William to leave her alone.
b) Mrs. Phillips was extremely upset to see William.
c) Mrs. Phillips was glad to see William.
d) Mrs. Phillips wouldn't even speak to William.
8. Sir Simon trained William as a squire ------------.
a) to give them both something to do while they waited to be returned
to normal size
b) to give William the skills to fight Alastor
c) so William would be able to protect himself
d) so William could fulfill the riddle
9. Mrs. Phillips taught William games, music, and -----.
a) reading
b) gymnastics moves
c) sewing
d) boating
10. Mrs. Phillips changed William's gymnastic routine so that he -----.
a) could keep his mind off his troubles
b) could use it as another weapon
c) could be more confident
d) so he could win the meet
11. Mrs. Phillips was embroidering a picture of ------.
a) William and Sir Simon
b) a castle
c) a dragon
d) Alastor
12. William took food, his recorder, and his ----- with him on his quest.
a) stuffed bear
b) binoculars
c) compass
d) pocket knife
13. Mrs. Phillips gave Sir Simon ------ as a symbol of good luck.
a) her circle pin
b) a scarf
c) a photograph
d) the small box William had made
14. Sir Simon gave Mrs. Phillips -----.
a) a letter
b) some silver thread
c) the token of Janus
d) a goblet
15. Which statement from The Castle in the Attic expresses an
opinion?
a) The one you call Dad. He walked all around the castle and then
knelt down and spread some ribbon from one corner to the other;
most peculiar behaviour.
b) She told me last night that she will not come out of her room until
you come in and get her.
c) William lay down on the floor near the front entranceway to the
castle.
d) The next day William waited for Jason after school.