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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 do Chris and Cathy make a rope out of to use to escape the room for the first time?
2. What do Chris and Cathy do at the end of Chapter 19?
3. How long does the grandmother make the children go without food because Cathy won't cut her hair?
4. What does Chris overhear Bart telling his mother happened one night as if it was a dream?
5. What does the Mother bring to the children for entertainment at the beginning of Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Chris and Cathy witness at the Christmas party while hiding in a cupboard?
2. What happens when Cathy tries to stop the grandmother from beating Chris in Chapter 15?
3. What do the children realize is the reason their mother hasn't visited them in a month in Chapter 18?
4. What kind of book does Cathy find in her mother's room in Chapter 18?
5. What does Chris overhear his mother and Bart talking about while hiding in their room in Chapter 19?
6. What happens when the Mother discovers Chris out of the room in Chapter 11?
7. What does Cathy do one night when she finds her stepfather asleep in a chair?
8. How is Bartholomew Winslow first described in the book?
9. How do the grandmother and mother react when Cory becomes ill in Chapter 20?
10. How do Chris and Cathy go to a lake in Chapter 14?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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