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

2. Who sews up Teddy for Ruby when she gets home?
(a) Gillian.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Nell.
(d) Bunty.

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

4. Who takes a long time to come to tea on Christmas Eve?
(a) George.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Nell.
(d) Gillian.

5. What chore is Rachel doing at the beginning of Footnote (iv)?
(a) Washing the dishes.
(b) Changing the beds.
(c) Scrubbing the floor.
(d) Hanging the laundry out to dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Nell compare Jack's cheekbones?

2. With what relative does Ruby find she is staying in Chapter Four?

3. Where is George during the baby's birth?

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

5. Where does Betty move after the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the babies fed?

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

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

4. Where does Bunty find the photographic portrait of her grandmother?

5. How is Ruby received when she returns home?

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

7. What happens to Frank?

8. Describe Mrs. Carter.

9. What made Nell cry on her honeymoon?

10. What happens to Lawrence?

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