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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Sunday School outing that Clifford, Babs, and Bunty were scheduled to join?
(a) London.
(b) Isle of Wight.
(c) Whitby.
(d) Scarborough.

2. What possession of the twins' does Gillian want desperately?
(a) Their dollhouse.
(b) Their china dolls.
(c) Their patent-leather shoes.
(d) Their bicycle.

3. What does George criticize at the meal?
(a) The potatoes.
(b) The pork.
(c) The carrots.
(d) The sauce.

4. What was Nell's occupation before the war?
(a) Milliner.
(b) Schoolteacher.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) Nurse.

5. Which Coronation guest is George's sibling?
(a) Babs.
(b) Tom.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Bill.

6. Who is Jean-Paul Armand?
(a) A French historian.
(b) The postman.
(c) Alice's doctor.
(d) A photographer.

7. What disease do all of the children get the winter Rachel's baby is born?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Whooping cough.
(c) Measles.
(d) Scarlet fever.

8. Which female guest at the event is considered "common" by the others?
(a) Mrs. Havis.
(b) Gladys.
(c) Babs.
(d) Eliza.

9. How is Ruby told to tell the twins Daisy and Rose apart?
(a) Rose has a freckle on her chin.
(b) Rose is left-handed.
(c) Daisy has a scar on her hand.
(d) Daisy has a birthmark on her elbow.

10. Who is Walter?
(a) The plumber.
(b) The milkman.
(c) The postman.
(d) The butcher.

11. Who does Nell remember catching a bumble bee and letting it go?
(a) Jack Keech.
(b) Albert Barker.
(c) Percy Sievewright.
(d) Frank Cook.

12. What does Ruby find in her mother's bedside table?
(a) Alice's silver locket.
(b) Chewing gum.
(c) Bunty's wedding ring.
(d) A bottle of sherry.

13. What has been accidentally left out in the yard overnight?
(a) Gillian's doll.
(b) Ruby's teddy bear.
(c) The family dog.
(d) Patricia's panda bear.

14. What chore is Rachel doing at the beginning of Footnote (iv)?
(a) Washing the dishes.
(b) Hanging the laundry out to dry.
(c) Changing the beds.
(d) Scrubbing the floor.

15. Who was Rachel?
(a) Bunty's sister.
(b) Bunty's grandmother.
(c) Bunty's mother's stepmother.
(d) Bunty's stepmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Alice's children secretly took the photograph of their mother from the pile on the table?

2. Which of these is not a gift Ruby receives for Christmas?

3. To what does Nell compare Jack's cheekbones?

4. What goes missing on the same day as Bunty?

5. Which of these is not a name for the baby suggested by Bunty's sister, Babs?

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