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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 Constance do on Saturdays?

2. What does Merricat talk about eating on the moon in Chapter 5?

3. Who is Jim Donell?

4. What does Julian say should have been poisoned with the arsenic?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are Julian and Jonas?

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

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

6. Which of Merricat's safeguards does she find has fallen in Chapter 4?

7. What does Julian describe in detail in Chapter 3?

8. What was Mary Katherine's routine when she visited the village?

9. Describe the Blackwoods' collection of preserves.

10. How does Charles try to make conversation with Merricat in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the antagonist of the novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle." Who is the antagonist? Is there more than one antagonist? How do these characters affect the protagonist?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to the protagonist? What is their role in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the horror genre and the elements of that genre which can be found in "We Have Always Lived in the Castle."

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