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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 sport does Patricia play at school?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Softball.
(d) Field hockey.

2. Who has recently divorced his/her spouse?
(a) Kathleen.
(b) Uncle Ted.
(c) Lucy-Vida.
(d) Auntie Gladys.

3. What animal survives the fire?
(a) The Shop Parrot.
(b) A chocolate colored bunny.
(c) Rags the white terrier.
(d) A ginger-colored kitten.

4. Which color does Ruby say is "the color of memory"?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Orange.

5. Who wakes Ruby the night of the fire?
(a) Nell.
(b) George.
(c) Bunty.
(d) Patricia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Tom is injured by the Zeppelin attack?

2. What does Albert mention in his postcard that amuses Tom?

3. Why do Ruby's knees begin to hurt?

4. What is Ruby's diagnosis?

5. Who does Ruby believe is her mother's favorite child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Lennox-Roper group do at the Bottomless Loch?

2. How does George die?

3. What memory of Lawrence's is revealed in Footnote (xii)?

4. How does the fight at the wedding begin?

5. Describe Patricia as she is in 1964.

6. How do Kathleen and Ruby spend the summer after finishing high school?

7. What happens on Shrove Tuesday?

8. Describe Patricia's "new" life.

9. How does Pearl die?

10. How does Ruby find her mother when she returns to York in 1992?

(see the answer keys)

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