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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. Which of the following items do the children not find in the attic the first time they go up there?
(a) Trunks.
(b) Toys.
(c) Armoires.
(d) Furniture.

2. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) "Minutes Like Hours".
(b) "To Make a Garden Grow".
(c) "Momma's Story".
(d) "Holidays".

3. Who becomes difficult to deal with in the attic, in Chapter 7?
(a) Chris.
(b) Cory.
(c) Both of the twins.
(d) Cathy.

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) "Minutes Like Hours".
(b) "Holidays".
(c) "The Christmas Party".
(d) "Momma's Story".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 1?

2. Who does the grandmother tell the children the person she has whipped at the beginning of Chapter 5 committed crimes against?

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

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

5. What does the children's mother assure them their time in the bedroom will be, before leaving them in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the twins react when the grandmother gives them a mean speech in Chapter 5?

4. What does the Mother reveal about the grandfather to her children at the end of Chapter 7?

5. What is the nature of the grandmother's speech to the children at the end of Chapter 2?

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

7. How is the schoolroom the children find in the attic described?

8. How does the grandmother show a small amount of compassion towards the children in Chapter 8?

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

10. What does Cathy wish about her grandfather at the end of Chapter 3?

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