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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. What do George and Bunty get Ted and Sandra as a wedding gift?
(a) A china figurine.
(b) A platter.
(c) Linens.
(d) A vase.

2. Who screams during the boat ride in Oban Bay?
(a) Kenneth.
(b) Bunty.
(c) Mrs. Roper.
(d) Ruby.

3. With whom do the Lennoxes stay right after the fire?
(a) Uncle Sidney and Auntie Babs.
(b) Uncle Clifford and Auntie Gladys.
(c) Uncle Bill and Auntie Eliza.
(d) Uncle Tom and Auntie Mabel.

4. How is the Shop heated?
(a) Paraffin heaters.
(b) Wood fires.
(c) Oil heat.
(d) Coal stoves.

5. What is the name of Bunty's boyfriend?
(a) Mr. Worthington.
(b) Mr. Belling.
(c) Mr. Havisham.
(d) Mr. Duncan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Patricia say she'd like to be, after Howard announces his intention to be an accountant?

2. What part of Edmund is wounded?

3. What kind of dog is Dolores?

4. What does Patricia tell Ruby to tell George is wrong with her?

5. What does Albert mention in his postcard that amuses Tom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ruby's "reward" for her morning minding the pet Shop by herself?

2. What does Ruby witness on Easter Sunday?

3. How does Ruby find her mother when she returns to York in 1992?

4. What does Bunty come into the shop with at the beginning of Chapter Ten?

5. Why does Tom laugh when his hand is blown off?

6. How does the fight at the wedding begin?

7. What is the basic tenet of Ruby's Lost Property Cupboard theory of the afterlife?

8. How does Ruby discover she had a twin sister?

9. How do Kathleen and Ruby spend the summer after finishing high school?

10. What do Ruby and Patricia find at the old Shop?

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