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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the children's mother say she will come to see them at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The following day.
(b) In a month.
(c) In a week.
(d) In 2 days.

2. How does the grandmother pick up Carrie in Chapter 5?
(a) By her arm.
(b) By her leg.
(c) By her hair.
(d) By her neck.

3. Who builds the twins a swing to play on in the attic?
(a) Cory.
(b) The Mother.
(c) Cathy.
(d) Chris.

4. What does the children's mother assure them their time in the bedroom will be, before leaving them in Chapter 2?
(a) Fun.
(b) Permanent.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Temporary.

5. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) "Holidays".
(b) "Minutes Like Hours".
(c) "Momma's Story".
(d) "To Make a Garden Grow".

6. What does the children's mother tell them they have none of in Chapter 1?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Family.
(d) Love.

7. What does the Mother say her father expressed when she told him she had no children with her late husband?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Relief.
(d) Anger.

8. In what state do the children's grandparents live?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Virginia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Maine.

9. Where do the children try and sunbathe in the attic?
(a) On the roof.
(b) Under the windows.
(c) On the porch.
(d) In the backyard.

10. Which of the following things does the Mother not tell her children regarding her life outside the room in Chapter 8?
(a) The secretarial classes she takes.
(b) The lovers she has.
(c) The places she goes.
(d) The people she sees.

11. How does the Dollanganger children's father die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) In a car wreck.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) He is shot.

12. Who begins to scream when the grandmother gives a mean speech to the children in Chapter 5?
(a) Carrie.
(b) The mother.
(c) Cory.
(d) Cathy.

13. What does the Dollanganger children's mother do over and over again after the death of her husband?
(a) Reads a book.
(b) Bakes cookies.
(c) Makes phone calls.
(d) Rewrites a letter.

14. Who does the grandmother show the children she has whipped at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Their uncle.
(b) Their grandfather.
(c) Chris.
(d) Their mother.

15. What kind of room do the children find built in a corner of the attic?
(a) A school room.
(b) A large kitchen.
(c) A trophy room.
(d) A nursery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes difficult to deal with in the attic, in Chapter 7?

2. Who tries to reassure everyone that their mother isn't lying to them at the end of Chapter 6?

3. What does the grandmother ask the children to have memorized in Chapter 7?

4. What is the title of Chapter 2?

5. What is the title of Chapter 4?

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