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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 are the Life Guards?

2. What does Isabel do as Ruth is falling asleep?

3. About what do Lockton's guests speak openly?

4. Who does Isabel ask for guidance?

5. Where does Becky obtain most of her gossipy news?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Isabel goes and talks to Colonel Regen?

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

3. How does Isabel feel about Ruth's assigned role in the household?

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

5. How does Isabel get into a secretive meeting of the Loyalists, and what how does she conduct herself?

6. What does Madam Lockton convince the soldiers to do and how does she seems about everything else being searched?

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

8. What does Becky Berry tell Isabel about Ruth?

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

10. What worries Isabel about Ruth being around Mrs. Lockton regularly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "Chains" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

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

"Chains" belongs to the young teen historical fiction genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young teen historical fiction genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a young teen historical fiction and a fantasy or mystery?

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