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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Gillian while Ruby is in the kitchen?
(a) At school.
(b) At a piano lesson.
(c) At a friend's house.
(d) On her bed upstairs.

2. Where is Auntie Doreen from?
(a) Australia.
(b) Belfast.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

3. What chore is Alice doing in Footnote (i)?
(a) Hanging laundry outside to dry.
(b) Sweeping the floor.
(c) Baking bread.
(d) Mending socks.

4. To what does Bunty compare her new baby to?
(a) A baby doll.
(b) A newborn kitten.
(c) A piece of meat.
(d) A fish.

5. Who comes to take Ruby home?
(a) Auntie Gladys.
(b) Auntie Babs.
(c) Bunty.
(d) George.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nell discover making noise in her honeymoon hotel room one night?

3. With whom are Bunty and George staying after Gillian's death?

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

5. Which of these is not something the girls have for breakfast the morning Bunty leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Bunty find the photographic portrait of her grandmother?

2. How does the narrator feel about the night nursery in the hospital?

3. How is Bunty treated at Sunday School after missing the outing?

4. Who was Bunty's first choice to be her husband?

5. Why does Ruby resolve to learn to read while at Auntie Babs'?

6. What does Ruby witness their last morning on holiday that she probably shouldn't have?

7. What kind of church does Auntie Babs attend?

8. What story do they tell Bunty when they get home?

9. Why does Nell keep the children from leaving for the train station?

10. Describe the movie Jack and Nell went to when he was home on leave.

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