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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is not something the girls have for breakfast the morning Bunty leaves?
(a) Burnt toast.
(b) Lumpy porridge.
(c) Soggy eggy-toast fingers.
(d) Sugary cornflakes.

2. What relative is scheduled to join them on their holiday in Whitby?
(a) Auntie Eliza.
(b) Cousin Lucy-Vida.
(c) Cousin Adrian.
(d) Uncle Bill.

3. What relation is Alice Barker to Bunty?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her great-grandmother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her grandmother.

4. Where does Betty move after the war?
(a) California.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Canada.
(d) Ireland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruby find in her mother's bedside table?

2. What was Nell's occupation before the war?

3. What is "Mobo"?

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

5. Who comes to take Ruby home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bunty "torn" at the beginning of Chapter Three?

2. How are the babies fed?

3. How does Auntie Doreen win Patricia over?

4. How is Ruby received when she returns home?

5. What does Ruby witness their last morning on holiday that she probably shouldn't have?

6. Describe the movie Jack and Nell went to when he was home on leave.

7. Why does Ruby resolve to learn to read while at Auntie Babs'?

8. What happens to Gillian after the pantomime?

9. What happens to Ruby in the back yard during the party?

10. What "improvements" does Rachel make to the Barker family and home after she arrives to help out?

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