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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. What word(s) best describes the Chandler house?

2. What does Susan do while Meg is being tortured in Chapter 34?

3. Who finds Meg to be beautiful?

4. When David goes to the brook in Chapter 39, what does he learn about Meg?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David try and help Meg escape?

2. Discuss the atmosphere at the Chandler house in Chapter 37.

3. When David arrives at the Chandler's in Chapter 25, what does he find?

4. Who arrives at the Chandler home in Chapter 37 and what is the result of the visit?

5. Discuss Ruth's health in Chapter 35.

6. What does David admit about Meg and the abuse against her in Chapter 29?

7. Discuss the time frame that David notes in Chapter 38.

8. When David goes into the Chandler basement in Chapter 27, what does David find?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of "The Girl Next Door" and the reasons as to why this book falls into this particular genre.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of the story and why it falls into this particular theme.

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