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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. Who narrates the Coronation from a book?

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

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

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

5. What is the narrator's mother's given name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of church does Auntie Babs attend?

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

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

4. How was Jack killed?

5. What happens to Frederick Barker?

6. Describe Mrs. Carter.

7. What happens to Gillian after the pantomime?

8. How does Auntie Doreen win Patricia over?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does grief play a role in shaping the characters in this novel? Please use at least three examples.

Essay Topic 2

How is the concept of family, and its importance, portrayed in "Behind the Scenes at the Museum"? Please be specific.

Essay Topic 3

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

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