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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. What does Ruby hear scratching at her window the night Bunty comes home?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) The Shop parrot.
(c) The Shop cat.
(d) A tree branch.

2. With whom are Bunty and George staying after Gillian's death?
(a) Uncle Tom and Auntie Mabel.
(b) Uncle Clifford and Auntie Gladys.
(c) Uncle Bill and Auntie Eliza.
(d) Uncle Sidney and Auntie Babs.

3. What does Nell discover making noise in her honeymoon hotel room one night?
(a) A bee.
(b) A housefly.
(c) A cricket.
(d) A hornet.

4. Which of these people did not find one of Alice's pink buttons?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Tom.
(c) Ada.
(d) Lillian.

5. How many sisters does the narrator have?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chore is Rachel doing at the beginning of Footnote (iv)?

2. How did Percy die?

3. To what does Bunty compare her new baby to?

4. What kills Frederick Barker?

5. What is Nell muttering to herself when Bunty gets home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Frank?

2. What kind of man was Frederick Barker?

3. What mystery surrounding Lillian is revealed at the end of Footnote (ii)?

4. How does the narrator feel about the night nursery in the hospital?

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

6. What story do they tell Bunty when they get home?

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

8. How was Jack killed?

9. What kind of church does Auntie Babs attend?

10. How is Ruby received when she returns home?

(see the answer keys)

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