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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 is Cathy worried will happen after looking at a book in her mother's room?
(a) Her soul will be damned.
(b) She will be sad.
(c) She will be free.
(d) She will die.

2. Where do Cathy and Chris hide to watch the Christmas Party in the mansion?
(a) In a cupboard.
(b) Under a table.
(c) In the rafters.
(d) In a closet.

3. What does the Mother come to talk to Cathy about in Chapter 12?
(a) Sex.
(b) Menstruation.
(c) Cleanliness.
(d) Boys.

4. What does Chris use to make an impression of his mother's key of the bedroom door?
(a) Gum.
(b) Styrofoam.
(c) A bar of soap.
(d) Playdough.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of room does Chris find that has animal heads on the wall?

2. What does the person who tells the children of Cory's death say how he died?

3. What does Chris overhear his grandmother saying about punishing the children while praying?

4. What is the name of the children's pet mouse?

5. Where do Chris and Cathy go when they first escape the room one night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Chris learn about his mother from John Amos at the end of Chapter 20?

3. How does Chris describe their mother's bedroom to Cathy?

4. What kind of book does Cathy find in her mother's room in Chapter 18?

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

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

7. What does Chris overhear his mother and Bart talking about while hiding in their room in Chapter 19?

8. How does Chris get a key to their bedroom door?

9. How is Bartholomew Winslow first described in the book?

10. How do the grandmother and mother react when Cory becomes ill in Chapter 20?

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