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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. Who in the father's life died to make him come to live at the Foxworth's?

2. What kind of school does the Mother tell her children she is enrolling in?

3. What does the grandmother do to the person who bites her in Chapter 5?

4. Who becomes a father figure to the children in the attic after they have been there for some time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the mother tell the children she plans on earning a living in Chapter 6?

3. How is the Mother's childhood home described when the children see it for the first time?

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

5. What happens when the twins come down with a cold in Chapter 9?

6. How does the Dollanganger children's father die in the book?

7. How does Cathy react when her mother comes into the attic in sailing clothes?

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

9. How does the Mother try to encourage Cathy's love of dance in Chapter 8?

10. What do Chris and Cathy realize about their bodies in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of trust that is presented in the book. How does the mother continue to gain her children's trust even after they have been locked away in the attic for a year?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the portrayal of idolization in the book. What reason does Chris have for idolizing his mother and Cathy to such an extreme degree in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Wealth is an important theme throughout much of the book and controls how many of the characters act. Part 1.) What role does money play in the mother's life and why does she appear to need it so badly? Part 2.) How does the grandmother use her wealth as a way of controlling the Mother and the children? Part 3.) Based on the impact wealth plays in the lives of the book's characters, what conclusion might the author want the reader to come to regarding the nature of wealth?

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