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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. Where does the person who bites the grandmother in Chapter 5 inflict the wound?

2. How old is the Dollanganger children's father when he dies?

3. When does the children's mother say she will come to see them at the end of Chapter 2?

4. What kind of room do the children find built in a corner of the attic?

5. What holiday occurs, where the children have to wait all day to get food, and when it arrives it's cold?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Chris help Cathy deal with the twins in Chapter 7?

3. What is the nature of the mean speech the grandmother gives to the children in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

7. How does the Dollanganger children's father die in the book?

8. Describe the condition of the Mother at the beginning of Chapter 5.

9. How does the grandmother show a small amount of compassion towards the children in Chapter 8?

10. How does the mother describe the children's father the first time she met him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Survival is a theme that can sum up the plight of the children in the book overall. Part 1.) How do the children ultimately survive living in the attic for three years? Part 2.) Do you think the children would have survived if they hadn't escaped from the mansion when they did? Part 3.) Will the children's ability to survive last, given all that has happened to them, or will they never truly recover from it?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the dual nature of the grandmother that is portrayed in the book. What do you think is the grandmother's true feelings regarding the children, based on her mixture of punishment and occasional compassion 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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