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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. How does Thomas describe the boy who arrives after the young girl?

2. What is Thomas excited about in Chapter 1?

3. Where is the furniture Thomas dislikes in his bedroom?

4. What is the nickname of the caretaker of the house ?

5. What does Thomas' father feel about the triangles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomas do outside of the house in Chapter 6?

2. What did Dies Drear give to others according to Chapter 2?

3. What name was Dies Drear also known by?

4. What happens when Thomas is walking through the woods?

5. What is the rumor about the Dies Drear house?

6. What does Thomas find when he wakes in the beginning of Chapter 9?

7. What do Mr. Small and Thomas think is a warning?

8. What was the Underground Railroad according to Chapter 1?

9. What do the people who arrive at the house ask Thomas?

10. Where does Thomas lay down?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Hamilton's definition of freedom as depicted in "The House of Dies Drear" and use examples from the book to support your analysis. Choose one character who has a form of enslavement and discuss how they become free at the end of the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Hamilton's use of irony in choosing the names of her characters.

Essay Topic 3

Define tone and discuss the tone of Dies Drear and what was achieved through Hamilton's development of the tone.

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