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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 tell Constance when she wakes up in Chapter 9?

2. What does Charles say he wants to go through in Chapter 6?

3. Who does Jim Clarke bring to the house in Chapter 9?

4. Who does Charles bring with him to the Blackwood house in Chapter 10?

5. What does Julian worry about Charles seeing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Merricat see and hear in the night from her hiding spot?

2. What do Constance and Merricat hear a woman tell some children in the Blackwood's yard?

3. What state is the kitchen in when the girls return home?

4. What does Merricat imagine at the end of Chapter 7?

5. After the fire, what does Merricat say are her new safeguards? Why does she think she needs new ones?

6. In Chapter 10, what does Merricat build to protect her and her sister? What item is brought from the house to add to it?

7. What finally gets the villagers to leave the Blackwoods' property?

8. In Chapter 6, how does Merricat describe the way Charles has taken over her house?

9. What does Charles discover hidden in Chapter 7? How does Merricat think he found it?

10. In Chapter 6, what does Charles say when Merricat asks him to go away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character Constance. What are her defining character traits? What is her role in the story? How is she related to the protagonist? Is she an important character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the element of mystery in the novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle." What are some examples of mystery in the novel? Why is Merricat such a mysterious character?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the relationship between Constance and Merricat. How do these sisters get along? Discuss the dynamic of their relationship.

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