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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened between Gilbert and Anne on the first day of school?
(a) They fell in love.
(b) Gilbert called her Carrots and she broke a slate over his head.
(c) They became buddies.
(d) Nothing. They were oblivious to one another.

2. What makes Marilla decide to keep Anne?
(a) the desire to finally have a daughter
(b) reluctance to turn her over to Mrs. Blewett, a harsh shrew
(c) she's lonely
(d) the need to have a girl to cook and clean for her

3. What has Anne never tasted which she hopes to eat at the Sunday school picnic?
(a) lady's fingers
(b) ice cream
(c) chocolate brownies
(d) strawberry shortcake

4. What does Anne think of the minister's sermon and Mr. Bell's prayers?
(a) She imagines herself as a minister and what she'd preach.
(b) She feels they give "scope to the imagination".
(c) She is spell-bound by the sermon and prayers.
(d) She thinks they're long and boring.

5. What do Anne and Diana plan to do?
(a) learn how to dance and go to a ball
(b) grow up and marry their prince-charmings
(c) bake a cake together
(d) build a playhouse in Mr. Bell's birch grove

6. What compliment on her looks does Anne receive the first day at school?
(a) that she has a pretty nose
(b) that her eyes are lovely
(c) that her ears are perfectly formed
(d) that she has thick hair

7. How does Anne compare Mrs. Allan to Matthew?
(a) They are both shy and introverted
(b) They both love animals
(c) They both love the bible
(d) They are both instantly lovable and Anne's kindred spirits

8. What famous literary work did Mr. Phillips recite?
(a) He recited "Ode to a Greek Urn"
(b) He recited one of Shakespeare's sonnets
(c) He recited "I wandered lonely as a cloud"
(d) He recited Mark Antony's oration in Shakespeare's Caesar.

9. What was Matthew Cuthbert doing one June afternoon in Chapter 1 which he usually didn't do?
(a) He was visiting his neighbor, Mrs. Rachel Lynde.
(b) He was reading the bible.
(c) In his best clothes, he was driving his buggy away from Avonlea.
(d) He was helping his sister, Marilla, clean the house.

10. What is Diana Barry's mother like?
(a) a dark-haired woman with pale blue eyes
(b) a friendly, generous woman with light-brown hair
(c) a tall, dark-haired, dark-eyed strict woman
(d) a short, jolly, chubby blond woman

11. What does Marilla do when she thinks Anne lost her amethyst brooch?
(a) She forbids her to go to the Sunday School picnic.
(b) She refuses to let her have a dog or cat.
(c) She tells her she can't see Diana for 2 weeks.
(d) She gives her extra chores.

12. What did Josie Pye dare Jane Andrews to do at the party?
(a) hop backwards down the garden walk
(b) catch a butterfly in Diana's garden
(c) jump "double dutch" jump rope 5 minutes without stopping
(d) hop on her left leg around the garden without stopping

13. What did the school children sing on their way home from picking spring flowers?
(a) "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean"
(b) "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair"
(c) "April Showers"
(d) "My Home on the Hill"

14. Why is the day described in Chapter 20 "special" to Anne?
(a) It's Matthew's birthday.
(b) Anne received straight "A"s in school that day.
(c) It's Marilla's birthday.
(d) It's the 1st year anniversary of Anne's arrival at Green Gables.

15. What makes Anne agree to smooth things over with Mrs. Lynde?
(a) Matthew implores her to
(b) She feels she was in the wrong
(c) She is afraid of further punishment from Marilla.
(d) She's afraid of Mrs. Lynde

Short Answer Questions

1. What joyous surprise does Anne find at the post office?

2. What does Anne do when she realizes that Marilla and Matthew had wanted to adopt a boy?

3. How old is Matthew?

4. What profession did Anne's parents have?

5. What is the surprise outcome of Anne and Diana jumping on Diana's Aunt Josephine?

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