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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kills Rachel's baby?
(a) Polio.
(b) A seizure.
(c) Diptheria.
(d) Scarlet fever.

2. Where is Bunty's first fiance from?
(a) California.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Canada.

3. What is Lillian's occupation after the war begins?
(a) Making uniforms.
(b) Schoolteacher.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Conducting a tram.

4. How many children does Alice give birth to?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

5. Which of these people is not one of Ruby's cousins?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Adrian.
(d) Lucy-Vida.

6. What does George criticize at the meal?
(a) The potatoes.
(b) The carrots.
(c) The sauce.
(d) The pork.

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

8. What does Rachel name her baby?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Robert.
(d) Penelope.

9. With what does Frank kill the insect?
(a) His handkerchief.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) His slipper.
(d) His hand.

10. How did Percy die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He was hit by a tram.
(c) He was killed in the war.
(d) He had appendicitis.

11. Where is Auntie Doreen from?
(a) Belfast.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Australia.

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

13. Where is Gillian while Ruby is in the kitchen?
(a) At school.
(b) On her bed upstairs.
(c) At a piano lesson.
(d) At a friend's house.

14. To what book does Patricia negatively compare having Auntie Doreen join their holiday?
(a) "Little Women."
(b) "Tales of a Thousand and One Nights."
(c) "Black Beauty."
(d) "Little House on the Prairie."

15. What has been accidentally left out in the yard overnight?
(a) Ruby's teddy bear.
(b) Gillian's doll.
(c) Patricia's panda bear.
(d) The family dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes missing on the same day as Bunty?

2. What relation is Alice Barker to Bunty?

3. What disease do all of the children get the winter Rachel's baby is born?

4. Who is Ruby told has sent her message from beyond the grave not to worry?

5. Which of these is not a gift Ruby receives for Christmas?

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