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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. Who tells Ruth about The Game?

2. Who is hit with a belt by Ruth?

3. When David goes to the brook in Chapter 39, what does he learn about Meg?

4. What grows out of control for David?

5. Who visits Susan while Meg is being tortured?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David try and help Meg escape?

2. Who has nightmares about Meg and what do they do about them?

3. What causes David to realize he is among savages?

4. When David goes into the Chandler basement in Chapter 27, what does David find?

5. After David stays away from Donny for some time, what does he then learn from Donny about the treatment Meg is currently enduring?

6. Discuss the time frame that David notes in Chapter 38.

7. Who arrives at the Chandler home in Chapter 37 and what is the result of the visit?

8. What does David admit about Meg and the abuse against her in Chapter 29?

9. Discuss the kiss shared between Meg and David.

10. Discuss the conversation David and Susan have in Chapter 43.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role that violence plays in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of the story and why it falls into this particular theme.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss setting. Describe how setting is used in the story and the pro's and con's it creates.

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