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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 do Chris and Cathy go when they first escape the room one night?

2. Why does Cathy go out of the room alone in Chapter 19?

3. What does Chris overhear Bart telling his mother happened one night as if it was a dream?

4. Who has a dream about Cory being taken to heaven?

5. What does Chris overhear his grandmother saying about punishing the children while praying?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when the Mother discovers Chris out of the room in Chapter 11?

4. What does Chris learn about his mother from John Amos at the end of Chapter 20?

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

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

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

8. How does the Mother discuss menstruation with Cathy in the book?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Violence is a harsh reality that the children face on a nearly daily basis due to the treatment from their grandmother, their mother, and their overall surroundings.Part 1.) What role does violence play in the lives of the children in the attic? Part 2.) What is telling about the nature of the grandmother based on the acts of violence she shows the children and their mother in the book? Part 3.) Why does the Mother choose to use violence against her children after being subjected to it herself?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's portrayal of selfishness in the book. What is telling of the mother's character based on her acts of selfishness in the book?

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