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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. How does Jasper describe Lillian's reputation in Chapter Two?

2. According to Lillian in Chapter One, what punishment did Lillian receive in high school, instead of Madison?

3. What does Carl plan to do in Chapter Three that horrifies Lillian?

4. Where does Lillian live in Chapter One?

5. When Lillian goes to visit Madison in Chapter One, how does she travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do the twins have while Lillian pretends to sleep in Chapter Five?

2. What happens when the children first arrive at the estate in Chapter Four?

3. Who is Madison's husband? How did they meet?

4. How does Madison convince Lillian to stay at the estate in Chapter One?

5. How does Lillian convince the twins to come with her in Chapter Three?

6. What does Madison's latest letter contain, as explained in Chapter One?

7. According to Bessie in Chapter Five, how did their mother deal with their unique ability?

8. What job opportunity does Madison have for Lillian, as explained in Chapter One?

9. Who is Timothy? What does the reader learn about him in the first two chapters of the novel?

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

At the beginning of the novel, Madison equates having power with never getting punished. How does this belief reflect her character as well as the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Carl’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he a good person? In what ways is he a bad one?

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