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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 is concerned for Mrs. Montague?

2. Who insists on sleeping in the nursery?

3. What do the words on Theo's wall say?

4. What do Eleanor and Theo see while walking on the property after dark?

5. Whose call did Eleanor not heed the night of his/her death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wants to move in with Theo after the summer. What does Theo say to this?

2. What does Eleanor find in Theo's room?

3. What does Eleanor say out loud after the crash sounds through the room?

4. Where does Eleanor go when Theo teases her?

5. With whom does Eleanor sit in the summer house?

6. What do Eleanor and Theo talk about?

7. Whom does Eleanor eavesdrop on to see if they are speaking about her?

8. In what room does Mrs. Montague insist on sleeping?

9. What is Mrs. Montague's opinion of Dr. Montague's research thus far?

10. Where does Theo spend the following night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the Sandersons? How did they come to own Hill House? Why do they not live in the house? Who has lived in the house over the past several years? What happened to those people?

Essay Topic 2

What is the sound Eleanor hears often at night? Why does Theo not always hear the sound even though the sound comes at one point while they share a room? How do these sounds affect Eleanor? What do these sounds say about Eleanor's relationship to the house? Whose hands was Eleanor holding the night she hears the sounds and believes Theo woke, but did not?

Essay Topic 3

What is theme? What are some of the themes of this novel? Describe each in a short sentence, using quotes from the novel to support your argument. How does the theme influence the development of the novel?

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