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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. How does the children's mother describe their father the first time she saw him?
(a) Old and mysterious.
(b) Young and sweet.
(c) Young and beautiful.
(d) Dark and kind.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Mother's mother say her children would become if she married Christopher?

2. What does Cathy begin noticing about Chris in Chapter 8?

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

4. Who is the first person to welcome the children and their mother at the grandparents' home?

5. What kind of school does the Mother tell her children she is enrolling in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the Dollanganger children's father die in the book?

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

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

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