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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 does Martina later identify the person who knocked at the door for nearly a week?

2. When would Phin be 16 in 1991?

3. Where does Henry tell Lucy that Serenity is in Chapter 57?

4. In Chapter 50, who tells Henry to shut up when he wails and cries about being locked in his room?

5. When did Henry learn that Serenity's father was Phin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucy make her way to England in Chapter 35?

2. What does Henry do about the baby his mother is carrying in Chapter 47?

3. How do Lucy and the children get inside 16 Cheyne Walk?

4. What does Miller learn about Birdie?

5. Who does Clemency think that Libby and Miller have met?

6. What does Clemency say that her father has done before in Chapter 53?

7. What does Lucy think when she sees 16 Cheyne Walk in Chapter 38?

8. How does Phin show Libby and Miller what Cheyne Walk looked like before David arrived?

9. How did Henry deal with the dead bodies?

10. What does Libby say when Dido tells her that she and Miller have a connection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Both Sally and Clemency have experienced trauma. How has that trauma caused them to restructure their identities?

Essay Topic 3

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does Jewell use cliffhangers in The Family Upstairs? How do cliffhangers create suspense?

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