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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the children's grandmother tell them that children of the opposite sex aren't allowed to do?
(a) Touch each other.
(b) Eat together.
(c) Sleep in the same bed.
(d) Talk to one another.

2. Who becomes difficult to deal with in the attic, in Chapter 7?
(a) Chris.
(b) Cory.
(c) Cathy.
(d) Both of the twins.

3. Who does the grandmother tell the children the person she has whipped at the beginning of Chapter 5 committed crimes against?
(a) The children.
(b) John Amos.
(c) God.
(d) Her.

4. Who expresses doubts about their mother's honesty to them in Chapter 6?
(a) Carrie.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Cory.
(d) Chris.

5. How old was the Mother when she first met her future husband, Christopher?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 20.

6. What holiday occurs, where the children have to wait all day to get food, and when it arrives it's cold?
(a) The twins' birthday.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

7. What game do Cathy and Chris play together in Chapter 5?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Jacks.
(c) Cards.
(d) Chess.

8. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) "Goodbye, Daddy".
(b) "The Road to Riches".
(c) "The Wrath of God".
(d) "The Grandmother's House".

9. How do the children and their mother travel to the grandparents' home?
(a) Ride in their car.
(b) Take the train.
(c) Take a bus.
(d) Board a plane.

10. What does the grandmother give the children a list of in Chapter 3?
(a) Spelling words.
(b) Rules.
(c) Books to read.
(d) Chores.

11. How does the Dollanganger children's father die?
(a) He is shot.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) In a car wreck.
(d) Cancer.

12. Who does the grandmother not wish to raise suspicions to regarding the children being at her house?
(a) John Amos.
(b) The servants.
(c) Their grandfather.
(d) Their uncle.

13. What did the Mother's mother say her children would become if she married Christopher?
(a) Diseased.
(b) Harmed.
(c) Deformed.
(d) Perfect.

14. How old is Cathy in Chapter 1?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

15. Who reads to the twins until they fall asleep at night?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) Chris.
(c) Cathy.
(d) The Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What course does Cathy become frustrated that her mother isn't excelling in?

2. What day does the Mother come in dressed in sailing clothes to visit the children?

3. Where does Cory hide when he is lost and nearly suffocates?

4. What is the title of Chapter 8?

5. What does the grandmother tell the children they are seeds of in Chapter 5?

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