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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 is the narrator's mother's given name?

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

3. What disease do all of the children get the winter Rachel's baby is born?

4. With whom are Bunty and George staying after Gillian's death?

5. Who is Jean-Paul Armand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Gillian after the pantomime?

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

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

5. Where does Bunty find the photographic portrait of her grandmother?

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

7. How does Auntie Doreen win Patricia over?

8. How was Jack killed?

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

10. What happens to Lawrence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several times throughout the novel, Ruby says, "I am a precious jewel. I am a drop of blood. I am Ruby Lennox." What is the significance of these sentences, and why are they repeated throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

How does the title of the novel, "Behind the Scenes at the Museum," represent the text as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

What are the similarities among the four generations o the women of Ruby's family? How are they portrayed?

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