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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which color does Ruby say is "the color of memory"?
(a) Orange.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

2. Why do Ruby's knees begin to hurt?
(a) She has been praying so much.
(b) She fell off her bike.
(c) She has been playing too much jumprope.
(d) She has been forced to scrub the kitchen floor.

3. Where is Ruby planning to go to university?
(a) Exeter.
(b) Bristol.
(c) London.
(d) Oxford.

4. Who has been staying with Bunty while Ruby makes her way home in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Daisy and Rose.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Auntie Gladys.
(d) Adrian.

5. What is the last name Lillian adopts after the war?
(a) Starr.
(b) Valentine.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Darling.

6. What does Adrian do for a living?
(a) Owns a restaurant.
(b) Is a travel agent.
(c) Is a buyer for Harrod's.
(d) Owns a hair salon.

7. What part of Tom is injured by the Zeppelin attack?
(a) His hand.
(b) His ear.
(c) His foot.
(d) His knee.

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

9. Where does Ruby find her mother during the reception?
(a) Watching television in the lounge.
(b) In the ladies' room.
(c) On the dance floor.
(d) Behind the building on the steps.

10. What was Jean-Paul Armand imprisoned for?
(a) Bankruptcy.
(b) Driving without a license.
(c) Theft.
(d) Attempted murder.

11. What is Patricia's husband's occupation?
(a) Architect.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Attorney.

12. What has Patricia just finished?
(a) Law school.
(b) Filming a movie.
(c) A novel.
(d) Veterinary school.

13. What game does Ruby play by herself the evening before the fire?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Rummy.

14. Who does Ruby believe is her mother's favorite child?
(a) Pearl.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Gillian.
(d) Patricia.

15. Who does not go see a film with Ruby in the summer of 1963?
(a) Howard.
(b) Christine.
(c) Patricia.
(d) Kathleen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who screams during the boat ride in Oban Bay?

2. Who saw Alice Barker leave with Jean-Paul Armand?

3. What animal does Bunty think Jesus would be?

4. Who has recently divorced his/her spouse?

5. What is the subject of the book Ruby gets on their daytrip to Glencoe?

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