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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 Madam Lockton say she hit her head?

2. Where does Robert lead Isabel and Ruth?

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

4. From what illness does Ruth suffer?

5. What is Isabel to do at the Lockton home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Isabel ask the pastor for work?

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

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

4. What does Isabel struggle to do as she is working about the house?

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

6. What happens the morning after Isabel made a report to Curzon?

7. What does Isabel learn when she is serving a meeting of some of the Loyalists at the Lockton home?

8. How does Ruth act about the fall she has in the kitchen, and what does Ruth not seem to understand?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in "Chains"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in "Chains" including why you believe it is so. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from "Chains" and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Characters are an important part of what makes "Chains" interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Isabel. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Madam Lockton. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Mr. Lockton. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

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