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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. What is the title of the chapter when Cathy and Chris' plan to escape is halted when Cory gets ill?

2. What does Chris make a duplicate key of the bedroom door out of?

3. What is the title of Chapter 19?

4. What does Cathy think of doing when she goes out on the roof in Chapter 17?

5. What does the grandmother accuse Chris and Cathy of in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the Mother discovers Chris out of the room in Chapter 11?

2. What do Chris and Cathy witness at the Christmas party while hiding in a cupboard?

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

4. What does Cathy do one night when she finds her stepfather asleep in a chair?

5. What does Cathy notice about the gifts their mother brings them in Chapter 17?

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

7. What does Chris learn about his mother from John Amos at the end of Chapter 20?

8. How do the grandmother and mother react when Cory becomes ill in Chapter 20?

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

10. How does the Mother discuss menstruation with Cathy in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of sex that is portrayed in the book. How do Chris and Cathy's views of sex become misconstrued when they are forced to teach themselves about the act together?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of irony in the book. How is irony present in the formation of Chris and Cathy's relationship after the grandmother demanded that they adhere to her rules?

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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