1. The whole idea of the story was to get out of the house where Garret was. But they ran into a lot of thing to get by. First they had to find the silver key. But they had to get past ghosts that Garret brought back. It's really just a campfire tale, in the beginning of the story Timothy starts to tell it. The house is also full of traps. They can't enter room that people were sick and died in or they will be vanished and replace as a ghost by Garret. These people that got curious need to get out of the house. By catching the ghost of the mother of the child (Garret).Then they get the silver key and get out.
             2. His name is garret and he is the evil child. He can bring back the dead and is in total control of what they do. He doesn't seem real to me at all. Well because the make him up in the story and no one can do what he does. But he does come to life at then end of the story. So I guess the he is real in the book.
             3. Garret can bring back the dead that is a trait. He leads a couple of kids to this house and pretty much shows them. By locking them in the house. Because this kid was not popular and didn't get a lot of attention and no one knew what he could do. But a couple kids found out when they went to his house. No one really liked the kid but they had no idea of his trait.
             4. well no one knew about his power hence "the hidden evil" his power was hidden.
             5. My favorite part was at the end when the whole story came to life. Timothy who was telling the story was so evil. It made the story come to life. Because it had complete control over who ever listen to the story. The ghost in the story were there watching the listeners of the tale. They welcomed Timothy for telling the story and bringing them back as a thank you.
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