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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following items do the children not find in the attic the first time they go up there?
(a) Armoires.
(b) Toys.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Trunks.

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

3. What does the Dollanganger children's mother do over and over again after the death of her husband?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Rewrites a letter.
(c) Makes phone calls.
(d) Bakes cookies.

4. How old is the Dollanganger children's father when he dies?
(a) 36.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 45.

5. What kind of school does the Mother tell her children she is enrolling in?
(a) Law.
(b) Medical.
(c) Secretarial.
(d) Teaching.

6. What kind of deep beliefs did the children's mother say her parents had when she was growing up?
(a) Sinning.
(b) Working hard.
(c) Religious.
(d) Educational.

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

8. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) "The Grandmother's House".
(b) "Road to Riches".
(c) "The Attic".
(d) "The Wrath of God".

9. 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 grandmother must accept them.
(b) The grandmother must die.
(c) The grandfather must die.
(d) The grandfather must accept them.

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

11. What does the Mother bring recordings of to Cathy in Chapter 8?
(a) Pop music.
(b) Ballet dances.
(c) Rock groups.
(d) Classical music.

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

13. Who does Cathy wish was nicer than her grandmother at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) The gardener.
(b) Their uncle.
(c) Their grandfather.
(d) Their butler.

14. What expensive gift does the Mother bring to Carrie at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) A bear.
(b) A doll.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A dollhouse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris push Cathy to start doing again in Chapter 8?

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?

3. How do the children and their mother travel to the grandparents' home?

4. Who does the grandmother tell the children the person she has whipped at the beginning of Chapter 5 committed crimes against?

5. How old are the twins when their father dies?

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