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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What chore is Alice doing in Footnote (i)?
(a) Hanging laundry outside to dry.
(b) Mending socks.
(c) Baking bread.
(d) Sweeping the floor.

2. What does Nell give Jack when he goes off to war?
(a) A photograph of herself.
(b) A rabbit's foot.
(c) A lucky penny.
(d) Her handkerchief.

3. What does the narrator's mother make for breakfast the morning after her conception?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) Scrambled eggs.
(d) Porridge.

4. Why was Frank in the hospital after the second Battle of Ypres?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) He'd been shot.
(c) Appendicitis.
(d) Septic foot.

5. Who is Walter?
(a) The butcher.
(b) The milkman.
(c) The plumber.
(d) The postman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is George during the baby's birth?

2. At which family member does the baby smile in Chapter Two?

3. How many children did Frank and Nell have?

4. How did Percy die?

5. Which of these is not a name for the baby suggested by Bunty's sister, Babs?

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