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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Ruby told to tell the twins Daisy and Rose apart?
(a) Rose has a freckle on her chin.
(b) Rose is left-handed.
(c) Daisy has a scar on her hand.
(d) Daisy has a birthmark on her elbow.

2. What part of Edmund is wounded?
(a) His knee.
(b) His arm.
(c) His abdomen.
(d) His face.

3. Where is George during the baby's birth?
(a) Minding the pet shop.
(b) At a bar.
(c) Next to Bunty in the delivery room.
(d) Pacing the hospital corridors.

4. Where does George take his family in August, 1963?
(a) For high tea at Harrod's.
(b) A Chinese restaurant.
(c) The zoo.
(d) To see Stonehenge.

5. On what does Ruby write the essay for her Eleven Plus exam?
(a) Aladdin's lamp.
(b) A visit to the beach.
(c) The person she most admires.
(d) A busy street scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chore is Alice doing in Footnote (i)?

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

3. What does Nell give Jack when he goes off to war?

4. What kind of flowers were on the Barkers' best tea service?

5. What possession of the twins' does Gillian want desperately?

(see the answer key)

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