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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 does Merricat refer to Charles in Chapter 7?

2. Who does Charles bring with him to the Blackwood house in Chapter 10?

3. What does Merricat ask Charles to do in Chapter 6?

4. What does a woman called Ethel tell some children outside the Blackwoods' house?

5. Who points out Constance and Merricat to the villagers in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charles discover hidden in Chapter 7? How does Merricat think he found it?

2. What finally gets the villagers to leave the Blackwoods' property?

3. After the fire, what does Merricat say are her new safeguards? Why does she think she needs new ones?

4. What does Merricat imagine at the end of Chapter 7?

5. What does Charles say he wants to go through in Chapter 6? How does Julian react?

6. Why does Charles come back to the Blackwood house?

7. In Chapter 7, what does Merricat decide to do on Thursday? What is special about Thursdays?

8. What does Charles say which causes Merricat to run away in Chapter 7?

9. Faced with a ruined home, what do Constance and Merricat decide to do?

10. How does Charles show his greediness in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character Merricat. What are her defining character traits? Is she a reliable narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the horror genre and the elements of that genre which can be found in "We Have Always Lived in the Castle."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Constance's agoraphobia. How does it affect her life? How does it affect Merricat's life? What might be the cause of Constance's agoraphobia? What tone does this aspect of her character create?

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