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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. Who is Alice's oldest child?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Tom.
(c) Ada.
(d) Lillian.

2. What is "Mobo"?
(a) Ruby's name for her mother.
(b) The family dog.
(c) A toy horse.
(d) Ruby's teddy bear.

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

4. What kills Frederick Barker?
(a) Diptheria.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Hypothermia.
(d) Chicken pox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Nell's children takes her away on holiday in Footnote (v)?

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

3. Which of these is not a name for the baby suggested by Bunty's sister, Babs?

4. What does Bunty give the family for pudding on Christmas Eve?

5. Which of these is not a game Mrs. Reeves has planned for the beach outing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Frank?

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

3. How is Bunty treated at Sunday School after missing the outing?

4. How are the babies fed?

5. Why has Ruby moved into Gillian's room?

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

7. How was Jack killed?

8. Why does it take some time for Ruby's family to realize Bunty is missing?

9. Why does Nell keep the children from leaving for the train station?

10. What kind of a man is Walter the butcher?

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