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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. What does Isabel see when she is branded?

2. What does Mrs. Lockton throw at Isabel?

3. What is to be branded on Isabel?

4. What does Isabel try to do once a day?

5. How does Isabel make it easier to sneak off to the prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Isabel's life like after returning to the Lockton household?

2. Why is there more work for Isabel after British invade New York City?

3. What happens when Madam Lockton arrives at Colonel Regen's camp?

4. Why do Isabel's days become a little easier?

5. To what horror does Isabel awaken one morning and how is Lady Seymour responding to the emergency?

6. How does Isabel save Lady Seymour's life?

7. Who comes to the window of the prison when Isabel calls for Curzon?

8. What is Isabel startled to hear about Curzon?

9. What gives Isabel a chance to go to the prison more easily?

10. What does Madam Lockton order Isabel to do when the British invade New York City?

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

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 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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