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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of activities does Cathy find people doing in a book she finds in her mother's room?
(a) Playing with animals.
(b) People having sex.
(c) Collecting rock.
(d) Chilren playing.

2. How long does the Mother go without visiting the children in Chapter 14?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) A month.
(d) 1 week.

3. Where do Cathy and Chris hide to watch the Christmas Party in the mansion?
(a) Under a table.
(b) In a cupboard.
(c) In the rafters.
(d) In a closet.

4. What does Chris decide to steal right before they are going to run away?
(a) His mother's jewels.
(b) His grandfather's money.
(c) His mother's clothes.
(d) His grandmother's jewels.

5. What is the name of the children's pet mouse?
(a) Bob.
(b) Sam.
(c) Mickey.
(d) Lou.

6. Who stands near a window and is reprimanded by the grandmother in Chapter 15?
(a) Cory.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Chris.

7. How is the Mother dressed at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) In an expensive gown.
(b) In a bathing suit.
(c) In sailing clothes.
(d) In blue jeans.

8. What does Chris do when he begins sneaking out of the bedroom in Chapter 18?
(a) Stealing money.
(b) Stealing clothes.
(c) Torturing the grandfather.
(d) Stealing food.

9. What does Chris resort to feeding the twins when the grandmother refuses to feed them?
(a) His blood.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Mice.

10. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) "Our Mother's Surprise".
(b) "To Find a Friend".
(c) "My Stepfather".
(d) "Minutes Like Hours".

11. What do the children find to put the pet mouse in?
(a) A cardboard box.
(b) A lunch box.
(c) A fish tank.
(d) A birdcage.

12. How does Chris react when he learns Cathy kissed Bart?
(a) Angry.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

13. What is the title of the chapter when Cathy and Chris' plan to escape is halted when Cory gets ill?
(a) "Color All Days Blue, but Save One for Black".
(b) "My Stepfather".
(c) "Escape".
(d) "To Find a Friend".

14. Who tells the children that Cory died?
(a) John Amos.
(b) The grandmother.
(c) Jim Johnson.
(d) The Mother.

15. What is the title of Chapter 13?
(a) "To Find a Friend".
(b) "Growing Up, Growing Wiser".
(c) "One Rainy Afternoon".
(d) "A Taste of Heaven".

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris find his grandmother doing when he looks for valuables before escaping?

2. What does the person who tells the children of Cory's death say how he died?

3. Who does Chris overhear saying that their grandfather has been dead for months?

4. What do Chris and Cathy do after he tends to her wounds from being beaten by the grandmother?

5. What does the Mother come to talk to Cathy about in Chapter 12?

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