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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have Kathleen and Ruby been in charge of at school?
(a) The Lost Property Cupboard.
(b) The school store.
(c) The attendance charts.
(d) The Athletics Supply Cupboard.

2. Who has been staying with Bunty while Ruby makes her way home in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Daisy and Rose.
(d) Auntie Gladys.

3. What obstacle presents itself on the roads in Scotland?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Cows.
(d) Moose.

4. Which color does Ruby say is "the color of memory"?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Orange.
(d) Yellow.

5. What does Patricia say she'd like to be, after Howard announces his intention to be an accountant?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A mother.
(c) Happy.
(d) A music promoter.

6. What did Ruby take from her mother's closet?
(a) The old rabbit's foot.
(b) The silver locket.
(c) Patricia's panda bear.
(d) Pearl's birth certificate.

7. What does Sandra's mother call Ted's family?
(a) Social climbers.
(b) Riff-raff.
(c) Useless.
(d) White trash.

8. What does Patricia tell Ruby to tell George is wrong with her?
(a) A headache.
(b) A fever.
(c) A toothache.
(d) She has her period.

9. Where is Ruby planning to go to university?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Oxford.
(c) London.
(d) Exeter.

10. Who does Ruby believe is her mother's favorite child?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Gillian.
(d) Ruby.

11. What does Albert mention in his postcard that amuses Tom?
(a) The beautiful architecture of France.
(b) The wildlife.
(c) The weather.
(d) The food.

12. What kind of business do Ruby and Gian-Carlo run?
(a) A pub.
(b) A fish and chip shop.
(c) An ice cream parlor.
(d) A cafe.

13. What game does Ruby play by herself the evening before the fire?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Rummy.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Checkers.

14. What strange food did the girls eat at Uncle Tom's the day Pearl died?
(a) Sweetmeats.
(b) Ox tongue.
(c) Sheep's brains.
(d) Calamari.

15. What kind of dog is Dolores?
(a) Great Dane.
(b) Cocker spaniel.
(c) Scottish terrier.
(d) Chihuahua.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who announces an engagement at Easter 1963?

2. What does Christine always want to pretend to be in her games with Ruby?

3. Who has recently divorced his/her spouse?

4. What apprenticeship has Adrian started in the spring of 1963?

5. Where do the Lennoxes and Ropers go on their holiday in 1964?

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