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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. How did the Mother's parents react when they discovered her relationship with Christopher?
2. What is the title of Chapter 5?
3. Where does the person who bites the grandmother in Chapter 5 inflict the wound?
4. What does Chris push Cathy to start doing again in Chapter 8?
5. What is the title of Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Cathy react when she learns her mother is having a baby in Chapter 1?
2. How does the Mother tell the children how she and Christopher acted after they first begin dating?
3. How do the children react to the grandmother's demand that they study the Bible?
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 Chris try to make the attic more enjoyable for the twins in Chapter 4?
6. What does the Dollanganger children's mother tell them about her father in Chapter 1?
7. How is the Dollanganger family accepted at Foxworth Hall when they first arrive there?
8. How is the layout of the attic first described in the book?
9. Describe the condition of the Mother at the beginning of Chapter 5.
10. What is the nature of the grandmother's speech to the children at the end of Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the portrayal of jealousy in the book. What is telling about Chris' nature based on his jealous actions regarding Cathy in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the dual nature of the grandmother that is portrayed in the book. What do you think is the grandmother's true feelings regarding the children, based on her mixture of punishment and occasional compassion 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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