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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 does Bart hate visiting when his family vacations in the East?

2. When Chris is in the attic with Cathy and Jory, what does he say has been burned to the ground?

3. While conversing with Cathy in the attic, what does Chris say "often leads to reality?"

4. When one of Cathy's ballet students is injured in a car accident, what does Cathy beg Chris to do?

5. In the first chapter, what leads Chris and Jory upstairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cathy's first encounter with Corrine.

2. How does Bart's knee get infected?

3. What has Jory been told of his mother's past?

4. How does Bart's first psychiatrist describe Bart to his parents?

5. What happens to Bart in the hospital?

6. Describe Bart.

7. How does Jory feel about Chris once they reconcile over the family secret?

8. How does Chris try to mend his relationship with Jory, after Jory discovers his secret?

9. How does Bart first react to the puppy his grandmother gives him?

10. Describe what Chris and Jory see when they find Cathy in the attic in the first chapter.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Recognize a theme in the novel. Which scenes exemplify the theme? What other themes can be found? Which characters are used to demonstrate theme?

Essay Topic 2

Plot out the cycle of abuses in the Foxworth family and how these abuses perpetuate more. How are the different characters affected? Is the cycle ended? How can it end? What different forms does the abuse take?

Essay Topic 3

Apply the title to the characters. Who does it apply to? How is it present in the novel? What are the roses? Give examples of what the title describes from the novel.

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