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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mother tell her children will have to happen before they can leave the room at the end of Chapter 7?

2. Who in the father's life died to make him come to live at the Foxworth's?

3. What does the grandmother tell the children she will do to them if they do not mind her at the end of Chapter 5?

4. How many suitcases does the children's mother allow them to bring when they move to their grandparents' home?

5. Who reads to the twins until they fall asleep at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the twins react when the grandmother gives them a mean speech in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Cathy wish about her grandfather at the end of Chapter 3?

9. What is the nature of the grandmother's speech to the children at the end of Chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of puberty in the book. How was Chris and Cathy's experience with puberty flawed due to their being locked in the attic together?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the portrayal of jealousy in the book. What is telling about Chris' nature based on his jealous actions regarding Cathy in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Wealth is an important theme throughout much of the book and controls how many of the characters act. Part 1.) What role does money play in the mother's life and why does she appear to need it so badly? Part 2.) How does the grandmother use her wealth as a way of controlling the Mother and the children? Part 3.) Based on the impact wealth plays in the lives of the book's characters, what conclusion might the author want the reader to come to regarding the nature of wealth?

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