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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the Mother and Christopher keep their relationship a secret?
(a) Several years.
(b) Many months.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A year.

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

3. How old was the Mother when she first met her future husband, Christopher?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 16.

4. 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 people she sees.
(c) The lovers she has.
(d) The places she goes.

5. What does the grandmother bring to the children to add to their play area in the attic in Chapter 8?
(a) A toy.
(b) A bed.
(c) A book.
(d) A plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author tell us about the story in the Prologue?

2. What does the children's grandmother tell them that children of the opposite sex aren't allowed to do?

3. What did the Mother's mother say her children would become if she married Christopher?

4. In what state do the children's grandparents live?

5. How does the grandmother pick up Carrie in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chris help Cathy deal with the twins in Chapter 7?

2. What does the Dollanganger children's mother tell them about her father in Chapter 1?

3. Describe the condition of the Mother at the beginning of Chapter 5.

4. How does the Mother tell the children her parents reacted when they found out that she was having a relationship with Christopher?

5. How does Cathy react when she learns her mother is having a baby in Chapter 1?

6. What do the children do with the art supplies their mother brings them in Chapter 8?

7. What does the Dollanganger children's mother do at her husband's desk just after his death?

8. What is the nature of the mean speech the grandmother gives to the children in Chapter 5?

9. What is the nature of the list of rules the grandmother gives the children on their first day at Foxworth Hall?

10. How do the children react to the grandmother's demand that they study the Bible?

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