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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. Where is Bunty's first fiance from?
(a) Kansas.
(b) California.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Canada.

2. At which family member does the baby smile in Chapter Two?
(a) Gillian.
(b) Bunty.
(c) Patricia.
(d) Nell.

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

4. With what relative does Ruby find she is staying in Chapter Four?
(a) Uncle Tom.
(b) Nell.
(c) Auntie Babs.
(d) Auntie Eliza.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruby hear scratching at her window the night Bunty comes home?

2. What kind of flowers were on the Barkers' best tea service?

3. Who was Rachel?

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

5. What object does Nell find after the bombing and keep?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bunty feel about working in the pet shop?

2. What happens to Lawrence?

3. How was Jack killed?

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

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

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

7. How is Ruby received when she returns home?

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

9. Who was Bunty's first choice to be her husband?

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

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