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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 does Aunt Moira call Del?
(a) A mad dog
(b) A lunatic
(c) A jewel
(d) An angel

2. Del spends days fishing with Uncle Benny along the _______________ River.
(a) Ohio
(b) Suwanee
(c) Mississippi
(d) Wawanash

3. Which of the following is not something Del notes as different in town and the country?
(a) Houses
(b) People
(c) Sunday supper
(d) Landscape

4. What news does Del receive when she returns home from her aunts' house?
(a) Uncle Craig has remarried
(b) Uncle Craig has died
(c) Uncle Craig is moving to Montana
(d) Uncle Craig is going to Europe

5. Where does Del put Uncle Craig's manuscript?
(a) A desk drawer
(b) A cedar chest in the attic
(c) A safety deposit box
(d) A cardboard box in the basement

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Del's mother rent a house?

2. What announcement does Benny make?

3. How old is Del in this chapter?

4. Who is Aunt Moira's and Uncle Bob's daughter?

5. Benny asks Del to _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Del learn about Uncle Bill shortly after he leaves?

2. Why does Benny ask Del if she can write?

3. How does Del manage the news that Uncle Craig has died?

4. Whatever happens to the turtle soup?

5. How does Del become a living sales prop for Del's mother's encyclopedia sales?

6. What are some of the animals at Uncle Benny's house?

7. Who is Mary Agnes?

8. What prompts Del to call Uncle Bill her "fairy godfather?"

9. Explain Benny's penchant for clutter.

10. What does Del relate about fishing with her Uncle Benny and her brother, Owen?

(see the answer keys)

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