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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Cory hide when he is lost and nearly suffocates?
(a) In the hamper.
(b) In a closet.
(c) A trunk.
(d) Under the bed.

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

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) "Mommas Story".
(b) "The Wrath of God".
(c) "The Road to Riches".
(d) "Minutes Like Hours".

5. In what state do the children's grandparents live?
(a) Maine.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Connecticut.

6. Who begins to scream when the grandmother gives a mean speech to the children in Chapter 5?
(a) The mother.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Cory.
(d) Carrie.

7. Who secretly slips into the children's bedroom and spies on them in Chapter 5?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) The grandfather.
(c) John Amos.
(d) The mother.

8. What does the Mother tell her children will have to happen before they can leave the room at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) The grandfather must die.
(b) The grandmother must accept them.
(c) The grandfather must accept them.
(d) The grandmother must die.

9. How long have the children been in the attic by Chapter 8?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 weeks.

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

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

12. How does the grandmother pick up Carrie in Chapter 5?
(a) By her hair.
(b) By her leg.
(c) By her neck.
(d) By her arm.

13. What does Chris push Cathy to start doing again in Chapter 8?
(a) Writing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Singing.

14. Who bites the grandmother during an altercation with her in Chapter 5?
(a) Cathy.
(b) Carrie.
(c) Cory.
(d) Chris.

15. How does the grandmother demand the children keep their surroundings in their room?
(a) As clean as they are able.
(b) However they want.
(c) Neat.
(d) Dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far do the children and their mother have to walk to get to the grandparents' home once arriving in the town they live in?

2. What is the title of Chapter 8?

3. What kind of deep beliefs did the children's mother say her parents had when she was growing up?

4. What expensive gift does the Mother bring to Carrie at the end of Chapter 9?

5. What do the children make with the art supplies the Mother brings them in Chapter 8?

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