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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 Cathy begin noticing about Chris in Chapter 8?

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

3. Who secretly slips into the children's bedroom and spies on them in Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of the children's mother's childhood home?

5. Where do the children try and sunbathe in the attic?

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

3. How is the Dollanganger family accepted at Foxworth Hall when they first arrive there?

4. How does Chris try to make the attic more enjoyable for the twins in Chapter 4?

5. How is the schoolroom the children find in the attic described?

6. How do the children react to the grandmother's demand that they study the Bible?

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

8. How is the layout of the attic first described in the book?

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

10. What happens when the children play hide and seek in the attic during winter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of imprisonment that is presented in the book. Why do you believe it took the children so long to accept that their imprisonment would be permanent?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the mother's actions before moving to the mansion and her actions after she brings the children there. What is telling of the true nature of the mother based on the evolution of her personality after moving back to her childhood home?

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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