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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 do neophytes have to create for themselves?

2. What does Amanda ban the children from while she prepares for the initiation?

3. What corresponds to Amanda's questions during the seance?

4. How does Mr. Golanski get to the house so fast?

5. Why does Molly hire Mr. Golanski?

Short Essay Questions

1. What injury of Amanda's makes her suspicious in David's eyes?

2. Why does Amanda choose a particular day for the initiation ceremony?

3. What does David choose to do after the milk jug is broken?

4. What happens to a painting one night in the Westerly House?

5. What is the first thing about the Westerly house that interests Amanda?

6. What causes Tesser to sleep in Molly's bed?

7. Why does Amanda say she doesn't remember anything that happened in the seance?

8. What makes Amanda angry during the initiation?

9. What led Molly to call Mr. Golanski?

10. What connection does Mr. Golanski have with the Westerly House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in this book , and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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