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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 does Julian describe Charles?

2. What does Merricat persuade Constance to take outside and add to the barricade?

3. Where does Merricat go when Charles leaves for the village?

4. Why did Merricat choose to put the poison in the sugar?

5. What does Charles threaten to do in Chapter 7 which causes Merricat run away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the girls decide to do in honor of Uncle Julian in Chapter 9?

2. How does Charles show his greediness in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Merricat take from her father's room and why?

4. What does Merricat notice is different when she returns home in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 7, what does Merricat decide to do on Thursday? What is special about Thursdays?

6. What claim does Julian make about Merricat in Chapter 7?

7. What does Charles discover hidden in Chapter 7? How does Merricat think he found it?

8. What does Merricat do in order to get Charles to leave her house?

9. In Chapter 6, what does Charles say when Merricat asks him to go away?

10. Faced with a ruined home, what do Constance and Merricat decide to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Constance's agoraphobia. How does it affect her life? How does it affect Merricat's life? What might be the cause of Constance's agoraphobia? What tone does this aspect of her character create?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the character Merricat. What are her defining character traits? Is she a reliable narrator?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the character Constance. What are her defining character traits? What is her role in the story? How is she related to the protagonist? Is she an important character?

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