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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 tells the children to say, "We are children born of evil seed"?

2. How does Bart feel when he has his mother's attention?

3. Who does Bart say he does not want at his Christmas party?

4. What does Cindy want to go to school for?

5. What does Bart seem most surprised by in Book Three: Comes a Morning Dark?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't anybody come to Bart's Christmas party?

2. How has Catherine's life goal been achieved by the end of the novel?

3. What is Bart's reaction to Cindy having a boyfriend?

4. Who do you think broke Jory's ship? Why do you think this is so?

5. Describe the double standards existing in Bart's life.

6. What changes the relationship between Bart and Toni?

7. What does the "Garden in the sky" refer to in Catherine's childhood?

8. Is Bart insane? Explain.

9. What is the significance of Jory's illness?

10. What effect does the anonymous call have on the family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does V.C. Andrews use titles effectively to foreshadow events or set a tone? Use at least three specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

What would you say is the central conflict of this novel? Is it Bart's psychological torture? Is it Catherine being torn between her children? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance behind Bart's obsession with Cindy and Catherine's sexuality?

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