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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 is left by their husband to take care of three small children?

2. What does Ruth recruit the children to get rid of?

3. Who does David become instantly obsessed with?

4. What is located in the Chandler's basement?

5. What does David say everything was in the 50's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Meg makes Kool-aid for the other children?

2. Why does Susan get in trouble by Ruth in Chapter 9?

3. What is David's life like after the summer of 1958?

4. What happens to Meg's parents?

5. What is the result of the boys spying in Chapter 8?

6. Who does David talk to at the carnival and what does David think of these people?

7. What does David mention to readers in Chapter 1?

8. Who is Ruth and how is the Chandler home described?

9. Discuss the neighborhood's reaction to the abuse of Meg.

10. What happens when the Chandler kids go to the carnival in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss organization n the story and how the chapters and title of the story fall into good or bad organization.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character details and how they are used in the story. Discuss the positives and negatives that character details have on the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the relationship between David and Meg and the role it plays in the story.

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