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

2. 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) Sleep in the same bed.
(c) Eat together.
(d) Touch each other.

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

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

5. What does the grandmother do to the person who bites her in Chapter 5?
(a) Yells at her.
(b) Kicks him.
(c) Yells at him.
(d) Kicks her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacks the Mother when she comes to visit the children, dressed in sailing clothes?

2. What kind of room do the children find built in a corner of the attic?

3. What is the title of Chapter 4?

4. How old was the Mother when she first met her future husband, Christopher?

5. Who begins to scream when the grandmother gives a mean speech to the children in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cathy react when she learns her mother is having a baby in Chapter 1?

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

3. How does the mother tell the children she plans on earning a living in Chapter 6?

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

5. What does the Dollanganger children's mother tell them about her father in Chapter 1?

6. How does Chris try to make the attic more enjoyable for the twins in Chapter 4?

7. Describe the condition of the Mother at the beginning of Chapter 5.

8. What is the nature of the list of rules the grandmother gives the children on their first day at Foxworth Hall?

9. How is the layout of the attic first described in the book?

10. How does the grandmother show a small amount of compassion towards the children in Chapter 8?

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