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

2. What chore is Alice doing in Footnote (i)?
(a) Sweeping the floor.
(b) Mending socks.
(c) Hanging laundry outside to dry.
(d) Baking bread.

3. Which of these is not found in George's bedside table?
(a) A note from Bunty.
(b) Loose change.
(c) A packet of Durex.
(d) Chewing gum.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Ruby told to tell the twins Daisy and Rose apart?

2. What story does one of the outing leaders tell, casting the children in it?

3. Which of these is not something the girls have for breakfast the morning Bunty leaves?

4. Which of these is not a gift Ruby receives for Christmas?

5. What relative is scheduled to join them on their holiday in Whitby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the babies fed?

2. What happens to Lawrence?

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

4. What happens to Frank?

5. How do the girls spend the first day of Bunty's disappearance?

6. What happens to Frederick Barker?

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

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

9. What visitors does Bunty receive while in the hospital?

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

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