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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does Bart tell his grandmother he'll be turning on his next birthday?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Forty-two.

2. At the beginning of the chapter called My Heart's Desire, Bart says that Cindy is wicked for what?
(a) Splashing in a pool.
(b) For calling his mother "Momma."
(c) Not caring who sees her naked.
(d) Dropping sippy cups on the floor.

3. What food does Bart's pet refuse to eat when Bart first tries to feed him?
(a) Apple.
(b) Hay.
(c) Oats.
(d) Berries.

4. When Chris is in the attic with Cathy and Jory, what does he say has been burned to the ground?
(a) Greenglenna Estate.
(b) Clairmont Court.
(c) Foxworth Hall.
(d) Mansion.

5. In Malcolm's journal, Malcolm's father has him strip naked, whips him, and then locks him in the attic for what offense?
(a) Hiding when his father called for him.
(b) Smoking his father's tobacco.
(c) Shredding his mother's old corsets.
(d) Destroying his mother's childhood pictures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Jory hear the rich woman cry, when he climbs the oak tree after crying under a statue?

2. When Bart's grandmother pokes her head over the wall to remind him to feed his pet, what does she find him over?

3. What is the name of Jory's family's one servant?

4. Whose life does Cathy say she might have saved the only time she'd been right?

5. What is the name of Cathy's attorney?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jory agree not to tell his parents about Apple?

2. Why is Jory upset by what he overhears between Madame Marisha and Cathy in the chapter titled The Terrible Truth?

3. Why doesn't Bart want his grandmother to feed Apple while Bart is in Disneyland?

4. According to the journal, why did Malcolm distrust women?

5. What has Jory been told of his mother's past?

6. What does Bart discover about Chris during and after his hospital stay?

7. Describe Bart in the last three chapters.

8. Why is Cathy so concerned over her injured ballet student?

9. Why does Bart's grandmother tell Bart never to run away from his parents?

10. What does the rich woman offer Bart when he first comes to visit her?

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