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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. In Chapter Three, when the twins ask Lillian if she will ever leave them, how does she reply?
2. In Chapter Five, when Lillian tells the twins she is happy to be with them, how do the twins appear in response?
3. According to Lillian in Chapter One, how do Lillian and Madison communicate?
4. How do the twins view their father, according to their conversation in Chapter Five?
5. In Chapter Five, the twins are amazed to find their new residence has what item, something they never had before?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Lillian's relationship with her mother, as highlighted in Chapters One and Two.
2. Who is Carl? What do we learn about him in the first three chapters of the novel?
3. What does Madison's latest letter contain, as explained in Chapter One?
4. What sorts of normal behaviors does Lillian instill in the twins in Chapter Five?
5. What conversation do the twins have while Lillian pretends to sleep in Chapter Five?
6. How does Madison convince Lillian to stay at the estate in Chapter One?
7. What information does Carl tell Lillian in Chapter Five?
8. According to Bessie in Chapter Five, how did their mother deal with their unique ability?
9. What specifics regarding their unique ability do the twins tell Lillian in Chapter Five?
10. What does Lillian think the first time she sees the twins burn in Chapter Three?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay defining friendship from the perspective of Lillian and Madison. What is friendship, according to these characters? How do the choices they make reflect these values?
Essay Topic 2
Lillian experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Near the end of the novel, Madison says: “There are a lot of nice things about being rich, but one of the best is that you can say almost anything, and if you do it with confidence, without blinking, people put a lot of effort into believing you” (247). Explain how the novel illustrates this idea.
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