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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bunty bake after their errands in Chapter One?

2. What kind of store does the narrator's family own?

3. Who comes to take Ruby home?

4. Who puts the children to bed the night after the Coronation?

5. Which of Nell's children takes her away on holiday in Footnote (v)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the movie Jack and Nell went to when he was home on leave.

2. What kind of church does Auntie Babs attend?

3. How was Jack killed?

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

5. What happens to Lawrence?

6. Why does it take some time for Ruby's family to realize Bunty is missing?

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

8. What "improvements" does Rachel make to the Barker family and home after she arrives to help out?

9. What made Nell cry on her honeymoon?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters and discuss the effects that living through one (or both) of the World Wars has on him/her.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of two of these family heirlooms: the silver locket, the clock, the rabbit's foot, the photographs.

Essay Topic 3

How does the phrase "Your sister says not to worry" recur throughout the novel and what is its significance?

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