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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 does Chris decide to steal right before they are going to run away?
(a) His mother's clothes.
(b) His grandfather's money.
(c) His mother's jewels.
(d) His grandmother's jewels.

2. How long does Cathy realize they have been trapped in the room at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) A year.

3. What is the name of the Mother's date to the Christmas party?
(a) Chris Garland.
(b) Bartholomew Winslow.
(c) John Amos.
(d) Jim Johnson.

4. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) "Minutes Like Hours".
(b) "To Find a Friend".
(c) "Our Mother's Surprise".
(d) "My Stepfather".

5. What is the title of Chapter 16 of the book?
(a) "My Stepfather".
(b) "Escape".
(c) "To Find a Friend".
(d) "Color All Days Blue, but Save one for Black".

Short Answer Questions

1. Who yells at the Mother when she comes to visit the children in Chapter 17?

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

3. What stipulation does the grandfather's will have that would make the Mother give all her inheritance to the grandmother?

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

5. How long does the Mother go without visiting the children in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the children react after learning that Cory died?

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

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

6. How does the Mother discuss menstruation with Cathy in the book?

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

8. How do Chris and Cathy come to make love for the first time?

9. How is Chris and Cathy's first kiss described in the book?

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

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