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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in the father's life died to make him come to live at the Foxworth's?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

2. What does the children's mother assure them their time in the bedroom will be, before leaving them in Chapter 2?
(a) Fun.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Permanent.
(d) Exciting.

3. What does the author tell us about the story in the Prologue?
(a) That it is fictional.
(b) That it contains violent imagery.
(c) That it has a moral.
(d) That it is true.

4. Which of her relatives does the children's mother say is very wealthy?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

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

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

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

8. What does the grandmother tell the children they are seeds of in Chapter 5?
(a) The earth.
(b) The devil.
(c) God.
(d) Humanity.

9. Which of the following things does the Mother not tell her children regarding her life outside the room in Chapter 8?
(a) The lovers she has.
(b) The secretarial classes she takes.
(c) The people she sees.
(d) The places she goes.

10. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) "Holidays".
(b) "To Make a Garden Grow".
(c) "Momma's Story".
(d) "Minutes Like Hours".

11. How many suitcases does the children's mother allow them to bring when they move to their grandparents' home?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

12. What relation does the grandmother tell the children their father had to their mother?
(a) He was her half-uncle.
(b) He was her cousin.
(c) He was her half-brother.
(d) He was her brother.

13. Who is the first person to welcome the children and their mother at the grandparents' home?
(a) John Amos.
(b) A maid.
(c) Their grandfather.
(d) Their grandmother.

14. What course does Cathy become frustrated that her mother isn't excelling in?
(a) English.
(b) A typing course.
(c) Anatomy.
(d) History.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?

2. Who stole half of the children's father's estate, according to Chapter 6?

3. Who becomes a father figure to the children in the attic after they have been there for some time?

4. What does the Dollanganger children's mother do over and over again after the death of her husband?

5. Who bites the grandmother during an altercation with her in Chapter 5?

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