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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lillian meet her husband?
(a) On the train.
(b) In the post office.
(c) At the theater.
(d) In church.

2. What kind of business do Ruby and Gian-Carlo run?
(a) An ice cream parlor.
(b) A pub.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A fish and chip shop.

3. How is the Shop heated?
(a) Paraffin heaters.
(b) Coal stoves.
(c) Wood fires.
(d) Oil heat.

4. What is the name of the nursing home Bunty enters?
(a) Forest Grove.
(b) Leisure World.
(c) Silverleas.
(d) Maplewood.

5. What usually hangs from the Perspex canopy in D for Dog that is forgotten on the flight detailed in Footnote (xiv)?
(a) A St. Christopher medal.
(b) A rosary.
(c) An American flag.
(d) Their dogtags.

6. What starts the Shop fire?
(a) The paraffin heaters.
(b) Ruby's Advent candles.
(c) George's cigarette.
(d) Bunty's iron.

7. How many children do Ruby and Gian-Carlo have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

8. What is Sister Blake's real name?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Tessa.
(c) Jeanne.
(d) Bethany.

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

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

11. Who dies at the end of 1963?
(a) Auntie Babs.
(b) Auntie Betty.
(c) Uncle Tom.
(d) Aunie Mabel.

12. What animal survives the fire?
(a) The Shop Parrot.
(b) A chocolate colored bunny.
(c) Rags the white terrier.
(d) A ginger-colored kitten.

13. How does Pearl die?
(a) Suffocation.
(b) She is hit by a car.
(c) She falls from a window.
(d) Drowning.

14. Where has Patricia settled?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Australia.
(c) New York.
(d) New Zealand.

15. What does Lily bring back from the fair for Nell?
(a) A paper hat.
(b) A balloon.
(c) Licorice.
(d) Toffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ruby planning to go to university?

2. Who wakes Ruby the night of the fire?

3. What relative has died?

4. What historical figure does Ruby compare Bunty to?

5. What is on the calendar Auntie Gladys gave to Ruby for Christmas?

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