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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. Where did Clemency first go when she ran from Henry and Lucy in Chapter 60?
2. At the end of Chapter 45, how long does no one leave the house?
3. In Chapter 35, from where do Lucy and the children take a ferry to England?
4. At the end of Chapter 62, how long had Henry been awake?
5. To where does Lucy buy train tickets at the beginning of Chapter 35?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Phin show Libby and Miller what Cheyne Walk looked like before David arrived?
2. In Chapter 39, where do Libby and MIller find themselves when they wake?
3. What does Clemency say that her father has done before in Chapter 53?
4. Why did Lucy leave Serenity?
5. In Chapter 34, when did Henry Sr. have a stroke, and how did it affect him?
6. What does Lucy think when she sees 16 Cheyne Walk in Chapter 38?
7. What to Phin and Henry tell each other they want to do when they grow up?
8. In Chapter 48, what do Lucy and Marco hear in the night?
9. How do Lucy and the children get inside 16 Cheyne Walk?
10. How does Lucy make her way to England in Chapter 35?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Henry Sr. suffers several strokes. How does Henry Sr. decline? How and why does his decline make it difficult for him to deal with the problem of guests taking over the household?
Essay Topic 2
Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Jewell use more metaphors or similes in The Family Upstairs? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes make the writing more interesting?
Essay Topic 3
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in The Family Upstairs? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand characters?
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