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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What time are the children allowed to go into the attic each day?
(a) 11:00 a.m.
(b) 7:00 am.
(c) 10:00 a.m.
(d) 8:00 a.m.

4. Who does the grandmother show the children she has whipped at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Their grandfather.
(b) Chris.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Their uncle.

5. How old are the twins when their father dies?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the children's mother assure them their time in the bedroom will be, before leaving them in Chapter 2?

2. What does the Mother tell her children they are not in Chapter 6?

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

4. What relation does the grandmother tell the children their father had to their mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the grandmother's speech to the children at the end of Chapter 2?

2. What do the children do with the art supplies their mother brings them in Chapter 8?

3. What is the nature of the mean speech the grandmother gives to the children in Chapter 5?

4. How does Cathy react when her mother comes into the attic in sailing clothes?

5. How does the Mother tell the children how she and Christopher acted after they first begin dating?

6. What happens when the children play hide and seek in the attic during winter?

7. What does the Mother reveal about the grandfather to her children at the end of Chapter 7?

8. How does the Mother try to encourage Cathy's love of dance in Chapter 8?

9. What do Chris and Cathy realize about their bodies in Chapter 8?

10. What does Cathy wish about her grandfather at the end of Chapter 3?

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