The Family Upstairs Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Lisa Jewell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 166 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Family Upstairs Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Lisa Jewell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 166 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 much does the solictor think Libby might get after expenses if she sells the house she has inherited?

2. Where does Libby live in Chapter 1?

3. When did one of Martina's half brothers come to Cheyne Walk, but no one answered the door when he knocked?

4. In Chapter 30, how long does Lucy tell Giuseppe that she will be gone?

5. How tall was Phin when he was 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Marco think they should get to help them, and why does he know where to find him?

2. What does Miller show Libby in Chapter 31?

3. What does Lucy tell Marco when he questions her decision to go to see his father alone?

4. Why does Miller think it is not a homeless person staying at Cheyne Walk?

5. What does Miller Roe tell Libby about writing the article about Cheyne Walk?

6. Why does Phin say that his family had to leave Brittany?

7. What type of routine develops in 1989 ad Cheyne Walk?

8. What does Libby receive in the mail in Chapter 1?

9. What does the narrator in the Prologue say about life after unidentified people arrived?

10. What is the situation for Lucy and her children in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

David begins to exert control over the household. How does David begin to exert control over the household? How and why do characters react differently to his tyranny?

Essay Topic 2

In media res is the technique of beginning a story with a pivotal point or a situation that is the end to a series of events. Where does Jewell begin the story? How does she plunge into the story without an explanation? How does beginning the story in the middle of the action affect the plot and affect readers?

Essay Topic 3

The Blue House is a once-elegant townhouse where Lucy sometimes rents a room. What role does the Blue House and Giuseppe, its manager, play in her life?

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