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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 is David when he learns both fear and hate in the same moment?

2. Who tells Ruth about The Game?

3. Who asks "the others" if they plan to kill Meg?

4. What is Meg told she must do before she is allowed free of her capture?

5. Who does Donny try to talk to first about the abuse against Meg?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ruth tells Meg that Susan will have to clean up the tea that is spilled?

2. Discuss the plan that David and Susan concoct in order to escape the Chandler basement.

3. What is Meg's emotional response to the abuse she suffers in Chapter 28?

4. What does David admit in Chapter 34?

5. After David stays away from Donny for some time, what does he then learn from Donny about the treatment Meg is currently enduring?

6. What causes David to realize he is among savages?

7. Discuss the things that each character does to Meg while she is captured in the basement at the Chandler house.

8. Discuss David's visit with Susan while Meg is being tortured in Chapter 34?

9. What occurs when Meg is allowed tea and toast?

10. Discuss the emotions David feels in Chapter 25 when he sees Meg being abused.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the role that foreshadowing plays in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narration of the story. Include who the narrator is, how you know this is the narrator and whether the narrator is dependable.

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