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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 is the name of Charles's father?

2. What does Merricat keep at her secret hiding spot?

3. Who is Jim Donell?

4. What does Mrs. Donell say about Katherine's family?

5. Where does Mary Katherine imagine her house being in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Helen Clarke bring with her to the Blackwoods'? How do Merricat and Constance feel about having an extra guest?

2. How did many members of the Blackwoods family die?

3. What does Mary Katherine imagine while she is shopping in order to distract herself from the villagers?

4. How does Merricat describe her sense that something is going to change is Chapter 4?

5. What does Merricat blame for the arrival of Charles Blackwood?

6. Describe the Blackwoods' collection of preserves.

7. Why has Charles never come to help the Blackwood sisters before?

8. What are Mary Katherine's thoughts about the Rochester house?

9. What does Merricat feel is coming in Chapter 3?

10. How does Stella act around Mary Katherine in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character Merricat. What are her defining character traits? Is she a reliable narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of greed in the "We Have Always Lived in the Castle". Who is greedy? How does this character show his greed? How do the other characters react to his greed?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the information given about the murders? How might they have taken place and why? In what manner does Jackson share the information about the murders? Is the identity of the murderer a surprise?

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