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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 hits Meg on the head with a book?

2. Who finds Meg to be beautiful?

3. Who is afraid to go to the police because of their involvement in Meg's abuse?

4. How is Meg caught escaping?

5. Who has to empty Meg's bed pan every day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the time frame that David notes in Chapter 38.

2. What is Meg's emotional response to the abuse she suffers in Chapter 28?

3. Discuss the things that each character does to Meg while she is captured in the basement at the Chandler house.

4. Discuss the emotions David feels in Chapter 25 when he sees Meg being abused.

5. What causes David to realize he is among savages?

6. When David arrives at the Chandler's in Chapter 25, what does he find?

7. Discuss the atmosphere at the Chandler house in Chapter 37.

8. Who has nightmares about Meg and what do they do about them?

9. What does David admit in Chapter 34?

10. Discuss the plan that David and Susan concoct in order to escape the Chandler basement.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role that violence plays in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss setting. Describe how setting is used in the story and the pro's and con's it creates.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of symbolism in the story. Include how it is used as well as the impact it has on the book.

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