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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 does Isabel ask for guidance?

2. Who comes knocking on the Lockton's door the next morning?

3. Who is Goldbuttons?

4. Where does Isabel run to visit?

5. What happens when the boat holding Isabel and Ruth docks in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the soldiers remove the windows in the Lockton house?

2. How does Mr. Lockton flee his home, and what does he do when his wife tries to go with him?

3. What happens when the boat carrying Isabel and Ruth and their new owners lands in New York?

4. What does Isabel do to protect Ruth's innocence.

5. Why is Isabel terrified when Lockton is released from jail, and why did she need not worry?

6. What does Isabel do the night of the first Loyalist meeting after the household members have gone to sleep?

7. What does Colonel Regen ask Isabel to do and how does he make it possible for her to travel about without being picked up?

8. What does the Mayor of New York suggest it is time to do to advance the Loyalist cause?

9. Under what condition does Lockton agree to give the Loyalist money, and why does he stipulate that condition?

10. What does Miss Finch's nephew do with Isabel and Ruth and who tries to intervene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Chains".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Chains". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes in this book. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes it is the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think "Chains" is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

It is interesting to note Isabel's struggle in naming herself on the forged pass. She knows she is not a Finch or a Lockton. She considers naming herself after her mother or father as a way of honoring their memory, but she no longer wants to be tied to the past. She is looking forward, embracing her new, free future. She renames herself Isabel Gardener for her favorite memories of home: tending to the garden, the growing new life. Keen readers may remember the seeds Isabel tried to grow when she first moved to the Lockton home. Like Isabel's hopes for freedom, the new growth was crushed during a battle and never replanted. Now, Isabel is figuratively replanting those seeds and waiting to watch her future blossom.

1. Why do you think it matters what name Isabel puts on a false pass? Use examples from "Chains" and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss, in depth, why names are important to people. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss the symbolism of Isabel liking to grow life considering the hardship in her life. Use examples from "Chains" and your own life to support your answer.

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