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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Mother dressed at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. How many days later does the Mother return to visit the children in Chapter 18?

3. How long does Cathy realize they have been trapped in the room at the end of Chapter 12?

4. What is the title of Chapter 12?

5. What is Cathy upset that her mother forgot to include in her gifts in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Cathy falls and cuts herself with scissors?

2. What happens when Cathy tries to stop the grandmother from beating Chris in Chapter 15?

3. How is Chris and Cathy's first kiss described in the book?

4. How do the children react after learning that Cory died?

5. What does Chris do when the grandmother accuses him and Cathy of incest in Chapter 13?

6. How is Bartholomew Winslow first described in the book?

7. What do the children realize is the reason their mother hasn't visited them in a month in Chapter 18?

8. What happens when grandmother finds Chris in front of a window in Chapter 15?

9. How do Chris and Cathy come to make love for the first time?

10. What kind of book does Cathy find in her mother's room in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of escape that is presented in the book. Why did the children choose to stay in their prison for so long, despite being able to escape rather easily?

Essay Topic 2

Violence is a harsh reality that the children face on a nearly daily basis due to the treatment from their grandmother, their mother, and their overall surroundings.Part 1.) What role does violence play in the lives of the children in the attic? Part 2.) What is telling about the nature of the grandmother based on the acts of violence she shows the children and their mother in the book? Part 3.) Why does the Mother choose to use violence against her children after being subjected to it herself?

Essay Topic 3

Wealth is an important theme throughout much of the book and controls how many of the characters act. Part 1.) What role does money play in the mother's life and why does she appear to need it so badly? Part 2.) How does the grandmother use her wealth as a way of controlling the Mother and the children? Part 3.) Based on the impact wealth plays in the lives of the book's characters, what conclusion might the author want the reader to come to regarding the nature of wealth?

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