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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. Which of the following things does Chris not witness the Mother and her date doing when he sees them in Chapter 11?
(a) Come into the hallway.
(b) Fight.
(c) Kiss each other.
(d) Talk about going into her bedroom.

2. What does Chris resort to feeding the twins when the grandmother refuses to feed them?
(a) Dirt.
(b) His blood.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Mice.

3. Who stands near a window and is reprimanded by the grandmother in Chapter 15?
(a) Carrie.
(b) Cory.
(c) Cathy.
(d) Chris.

4. What does Chris overhear his grandmother saying about punishing the children while praying?
(a) That she hates the children.
(b) That she thought she was doing the right thing.
(c) That she hates God.
(d) That she wants to get rid of her daughter.

5. What does Chris tell Cathy is only something he should be able to do?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Touch her.
(c) Be with her.
(d) Talk to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hesitates to do anything when Cory becomes very ill in Chapter 20?

2. What does Cathy have a desire to do to her stepfather when she finds him asleep in a chair?

3. Who has a dream about Cory being taken to heaven?

4. What does Cathy cut herself with in Chapter 13?

5. What does the grandmother put in Cathy's hair to ruin it?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cathy's hair ruined in Chapter 13?

2. What does Cathy do one night when she finds her stepfather asleep in a chair?

3. What happens when the Mother discovers Chris out of the room in Chapter 11?

4. How is the trophy room in Foxworth Hall described in the book?

5. What happens when grandmother finds Chris in front of a window in Chapter 15?

6. What do the children realize is the reason their mother hasn't visited them in a month in Chapter 18?

7. What happens when Cathy falls and cuts herself with scissors?

8. What do Chris and Cathy witness at the Christmas party while hiding in a cupboard?

9. What does Chris do when the grandmother accuses him and Cathy of incest in Chapter 13?

10. How do Chris and Cathy go to a lake in Chapter 14?

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