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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Pastor Spratt?
(a) The young, handsome pastor about to start preaching.
(b) The founder of their church.
(c) The elderly slightly senile pastor at church.
(d) The Pastor that converted Jean's mother and who she still devotedly follows.

2. How was the special conference for the Society a turning point for Jean?
(a) It was when she saw her mother through someone else's eyes.
(b) It was when she began to develop her first theological disagreement.
(c) It was when she was confirmed into the Society.
(d) It was when she first saw Pastor Spratt.

3. How does Jean pass the time she spends in the children's ward at the hospital?
(a) Looking at sick people.
(b) Making igloos out of her orange peels.
(c) Contemplating the Lord.
(d) Talking with other kids.

4. What does the girl tell the adviser who tries to take her to the prince?
(a) She is totally flawless.
(b) She will not marry an imperfect prince.
(c) She is not interested in getting married.
(d) The prince must come seek her hand.

5. On Melanie's first visit to Jean's church, who is the only one that sits out of the dancing and music making of Pastor Finch's new song?
(a) Jean's mother.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Jean.
(d) The woman from the paper shop.

6. How can Sundays at the house where Jean grew up best be described?
(a) A day of rest to think of the Lord.
(b) Family time.
(c) Vigorous in worship.
(d) A day for a feast.

7. What does Jean assume when she first senses hearing loss?
(a) It's normal.
(b) She is getting old.
(c) God is smiting her.
(d) She is in a state of rapture.

8. What schedule do Jean's parents keep at home?
(a) They all go to bed promptly at eight.
(b) Her mother goes to bed at four a.m., her father gets up an hour later.
(c) Her father creeps downstairs at night to watch tv.
(d) They change their schedule to match the radio broadcasts her mother listens to.

9. What does Jean ask for when her mother takes her to town to buy mince?
(a) All of the above.
(b) A fish.
(c) To take the dog.
(d) A new mac.

10. What does Jean realize when her sampler does not win in a school contest?
(a) Her church does not prepare her for the world.
(b) A thing is not a problem, and it's environment is not a problem, but the conjunction of the two can be.
(c) No one else in school is like her.
(d) The rest of the world does not like her church.

11. What does Jean's mother have hung above her oven where she can see it often?
(a) A picture of Jean.
(b) The prayer of St. Francis.
(c) A picture of her and her husband on their wedding day.
(d) A watercolor of the Lord painted by Pastor Spratt.

12. What do Jean and her mother do routinely on Sunday mornings?
(a) Discuss how the Lord has blessed their lives.
(b) Enjoy a conversation over tea.
(c) Take notes on the World Service radio program.
(d) Cook an extravagant lunch.

13. What does Jean's mother see in a child when she decided she wanted one?
(a) A missionary child.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A servant of God.
(d) All of the above.

14. What does Jean overhear her mother say about the people that invited her to the seashore?
(a) They dealt in unnatural passions.
(b) They abducted children.
(c) They were unholy.
(d) They drank.

15. Which of the following best describes the religious zeal of Jean's mother?
(a) Love and pacifism.
(b) Meek.
(c) Old Testament.
(d) A Sunday believer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jean sew onto her sampler in sewing class?

2. What is Elsie's hobby?

3. What does Jean's mother always say about oranges?

4. What is the moral of the parable of the sensitive princess?

5. What was in the package that came from Wigan?

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