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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 does Merricat check for damage on the Blackwood property?

2. What is Constance afraid to do?

3. How does Charles act toward Julian?

4. Who is not allowed in Julian's room?

5. What kind of day does Merricat say it will be in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Merricat come up with to keep the change away?

3. What kinds of things does Merricat say the people who would come to her house looking for Constance after the murders would do?

4. What does Merricat say will remind her to be kind to Uncle Julian in Chapter 4?

5. Describe the Blackwoods' collection of preserves.

6. What does Mary Katherine think of the villagers?

7. What is the first thing Constance says in the book, and what is its significance?

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

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

10. What does Merricat speak to Constance about playfully at the beginning of Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conflicts of the novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle." Who is in conflict with whom and why? How do these conflicts affect the plot and the characters?

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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