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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 is the name on the gate of the paddock where Lee goes?
(a) Grace Delaney.
(b) Betty Dunlap.
(c) Karen Downs.
(d) Nancy Denver.

2. What is the first question from the woman relating messages to and from Colonel Finley?
(a) How many planes did you destroy?
(b) Are you alright?
(c) Where are you?
(d) Have you been active?

3. What are the tasks Ellie sets out to accomplish that she says takes the most time and energy?
(a) Watching out for attackers and hiding.
(b) Sweeping, dusting, and tidying.
(c) Gardening and painting.
(d) Cooking and washing clothes.

4. What does Ellie remember the first factory they see in Stratton made before the war?
(a) Bicycles.
(b) Car parts.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Ball bearings.

5. How long does it take the soldiers to get the jeep started again after they get it out of the river?
(a) Three hours.
(b) An hour.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) It doesn't start.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ellie tell about Lee's relationship with Reni?

2. Who volunteers for the first sentry duty that night?

3. Who does Lee say he'd first thought Ellie was when he saw her in the burning barn?

4. What does Fi call one of the children who attacks them?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons the group thinks they should contact the colonel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Ellie's thoughts about hating the soldiers in general and especially those on the river bank?

2. Describe the trip to the trout farm.

3. What are some of the things Ellie and the others do to conceal the work they've done at her Grandma's house from the soldiers patrolling on motorbikes.

4. Describe the two times Ellie sees the kids.

5. What does Ellie do around her Grandma's house with her Grandma's possessions?

6. What does Ellie want to do when they finish butchering the lamb, what does Fi say about it, and what is Ellie's comment about change on this topic?

7. What does Fi mean when she talks about "our blear?"

8. Describe how Ellie and the others come to have a hot meal their first night at her Grandma's house?

9. What does Ellie remember about Robyn's attitude regarding talking about yourself?

10. What scares Ellie when she's trying to find the sound of the crying and what does she say about it?

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