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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. 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.

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) Exciting.
(c) Temporary.
(d) Permanent.

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

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

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) John Amos.
(c) The children.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 9?

3. How does the grandmother pick up Carrie in Chapter 5?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the twins come down with a cold in Chapter 9?

2. What does the Dollanganger children's mother do at her husband's desk just after his death?

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

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

5. How does Chris help Cathy deal with the twins in Chapter 7?

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

7. How does the Mother tell the children her parents reacted when they found out that she was having a relationship with Christopher?

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

9. How is the Dollanganger family's trip to Virginia described in the book?

10. How is the Mother's childhood home described when the children see it for the first time?

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