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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. Who hesitates to do anything when Cory becomes very ill in Chapter 20?

2. What does the Mother come to talk to Cathy about in Chapter 12?

3. What does the grandmother put in Cathy's hair to ruin it?

4. What is the name of the Mother's date to the Christmas party?

5. What does Chris resort to feeding the twins when the grandmother refuses to feed them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cory come to have a pet mouse?

2. What do the children realize is the reason their mother hasn't visited them in a month in Chapter 18?

3. What does Cathy do one night when she finds her stepfather asleep in a chair?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Cathy notice about the gifts their mother brings them in Chapter 17?

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

10. How is the trophy room in Foxworth Hall described in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the portrayal of idolization in the book. What reason does Chris have for idolizing his mother and Cathy to such an extreme degree in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Loyalty is one topic the author examines in the book through the children's relationship with their mother. Part 1.) What is telling of Chris' nature based on his loyalty towards his mother after they are imprisoned? Part 2.) Why doesn't Cathy show the same loyalty to her mother as Chris does? Part 3.) What might the author be saying about the nature of loyalty based on the portrayal of the children's loyalty breaking in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the concept of sex that is portrayed in the book. How do Chris and Cathy's views of sex become misconstrued when they are forced to teach themselves about the act together?

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