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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. What does Jack do with the object he finds in the garden at the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. Who is upset about the delivery made to Jack's house?

3. Where do the men drop the delivery they take to Jack's house?

4. What is Jack doing as he plots what to do with Mother's body?

5. How does the garden look to Jack at the beginning of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack notice about his mother when he sees her from a distance in Chapter 2?

2. What does the family do to celebrate Jack's birthday?

3. What do Julie and Jack do with sand and how long does it take?

4. How do the siblings tell Tom that Mother has died?

5. What does Julie tell Jack she imagines will happen between Father and Tom as Father's health declines?

6. What happens when Tom points out his bully to Jack?

7. What happens to the garden after Father's first heart attack?

8. What happens when Julie covers Mother's body with a sheet?

9. Where does the family celebrate Jack's birthday and why?

10. What was Jack doing and why does he run off at the end of Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of the author's choice of grammatical tense in The Cement Garden. Define the three types of tenses and explain how they are typically identified.

Essay Topic 2

A protagonist has heroic qualities and an antagonist has villain qualities. Discuss the protagonist in The Cement Garden. Discuss the antagonist in the story as well.

Essay Topic 3

Define foil. Who is the foil of this novel and why?

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