Flowers in the attic Coping Strategies

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

How old is Cathy in Chapter 1?

1. 10
2. 11
3. 12
4. 13

Who is the first person to welcome the children and their mother at the house?

1. Cathy
2. Corinne
3. Grandfather
4. Grandmother

Which of her relatives does the children's mother say is very wealthy?

1. Her husband
2. Her father
3. Her uncle

What does the Dollanganger children's mother do over and over again after the death of Chris?

1. Rewriting a letter
2. Washing her hands
3. Looking for a job
4. Cooking

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

1. That it would be temporary
2. That she 'll bring them flowers
3. That she will also live with them.

How old is the Dollanganger children's father when he dies?

1. 35
2. 36
3. 53
4. 63

What relation does the grandmother tell the children their father had to their mother?

1. Half brother
2. brother
3. uncle
4. half uncle

What kind of room do the children find built in the corner of the attic?

1. a safe room
2. a bed room
3. a school room

What do you know about:
coping strategies?
What are they?
What are they for?

Watch the following video about coping strategies. 

Take notes, so that you can give a definition afterwards and so that you can at least mention 7 strategies

Which of the strategies you saw in the video can you recognise in the novel Flowers in the Attic?
Give an example?
Do they work?

Are you using any of these strategies in your current situation?
How?
Do they work?