Chapters 1-5

Reading Check

1. Boston (Chapter 1)

2. Baseball (Chapter 2)

3. Tumbleweeds (Chapter 3)

4. Plaster (Chapter 4)

5. A key (Chapter 5)

Short Answer

1. The man is short and bald. He is wearing rolled-up tweed pants and a dirty T-shirt under a bathrobe. (Chapter 2)

2. Henry discovers that in the wall above his bed there are two knobs connected to a metal door about a foot wide. The knobs are a kind of combination lock. (Chapter 3)

3. The strange cupboard does not just have one door and two knobs—it has dozens of doors, each uniquely decorated. Henry suspects that there are even more doors still hidden under the plaster. (Chapter 4)

4. He takes the knobs and lock off, he kicks the door, and he strikes the door with an axe. (Chapter 5)

Chapters 6-10

Reading Check

1. Soda (Chapter 6)

2. They lead to different places. (Chapter 7)

3. Commonwealth/Badon Hill/Same (Chapter 8)

4. A thread (Chapter 9)

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