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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years older than Vivian is Dutchy in the novel?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. What is the setting for the novel Anne of Green Gables?
(a) Prince Edward Island.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

3. What village in Ireland does Mr. Byrne tell Vivian his family was from?
(a) Sallybrook.
(b) Castletown.
(c) Bective.
(d) Abbeyfeale.

4. Where was Molly caught for attempting to steal a book?
(a) Gwendolyn's Books and Charms.
(b) The Spruce Harbor Library.
(c) Barnes and Noble.
(d) The East Windsor Library.

5. Where is Mr. Byrne's family from in Ireland?
(a) County Cork.
(b) County Kerry.
(c) County Claire.
(d) County Galway.

6. How would you describe Molly's sense of style in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Goth.
(b) Nerdy.
(c) Preppie.
(d) Hipster.

7. By what name is Dutchy called by the adults on the orphan train?
(a) Hans.
(b) Billy.
(c) Luke.
(d) Paul.

8. What is the name of the baby that Vivian is in charge of caring for on the orphan train in 1929?
(a) Carmine.
(b) Peter.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Willa.

9. Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader and was the President of what organization?
(a) Sinn Fein.
(b) The Black and Tans.
(c) the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
(d) The Royal Irish Constabulary.

10. Where does Molly live with her foster parents in the novel?
(a) Spruce Harbor, Maine.
(b) Portland, Maine.
(c) Dover, Massachusetts.
(d) Bangor, Maine.

11. Where had Vivan and her husband owned a department store before moving to the Northeast?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Minnesota.

12. What is the name of the ship that Vivian's family takes to America in 1929?
(a) The St. Mary.
(b) The USS Emirate.
(c) The Christopher Columbus.
(d) The Agnes Pauline.

13. What was the name that Vivian was born with?
(a) Deirdre Friel.
(b) Niamh Power.
(c) Clodagh O'Reilly.
(d) Aednat Connolly.

14. What does Molly say turtles represent to the people of her culture?
(a) Victory and spoils.
(b) Strength and perseverance.
(c) Slowness and time.
(d) Isolation and fear.

15. What was the name of Vivian's younger sister?
(a) Eve.
(b) Maisie.
(c) Megan.
(d) Shannon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years ago does Vivian say her husband died when she first meets Molly?

2. Where does Vivian's family take a tenement room for ten dollars a month after arriving in New York?

3. How old was Molly when her maternal grandmother died?

4. When was the Children's Aid Society founded?

5. Of what does Vivian say in the Prologue, "Many times in my life I have felt them around me, observing, witnessing, when no one in the living world knew or cared what happened"?

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