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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kathleen's teacher in New York react to Kathleen's voice?
(a) She doesn't have an opinion about Kathleen's voice and only wants her money.
(b) She thinks Kathleen is a lost cause.
(c) She thinks she is the next super talent.
(d) She thinks she is talented but needs a lot of work.

2. What is the name of James's cousin, he sends Kathleen to live with in New York?
(a) Wiles.
(b) Miles.
(c) Riles.
(d) Giles.

3. What country is James stationed in during the war?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

4. What type of town is the town where the Piper family lives?
(a) A mining town.
(b) A ghost town.
(c) A shopping town.
(d) A historic town.

5. Which of the Piper family members create a family tree to show the generations who lived before them?
(a) James.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) Frances.
(d) Lily.

6. How did Materia kill Kathleen?
(a) She poisoned her.
(b) She shot her.
(c) She stabbed her.
(d) She suffocated her.

7. Whom does Lily confide in when her terrible nightmares about Ambrose continue?
(a) Frances.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) Lily does not tell anyone about the dreams.
(d) James.

8. Where does James sell his barrels of bootleg liquor?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Cape Breton.
(d) Inverness.

9. Who takes the blame for moving the rocks around Ambrose's grave?
(a) Frances.
(b) All of the Piper girls take the blame.
(c) Lily.
(d) Mercedes.

10. Which of the following is NOT a movie star the Piper girls idolize?
(a) Douglas Fairbanks.
(b) Bernadette Lewis.
(c) Lillian Gish.
(d) Rudolph Valentino.

11. Who acts as the go-between for Materia and her mother during the time she and her family live in Sydney?
(a) Kathleen Piper.
(b) Mrs. Luvovitz.
(c) Mr. Luvovitz.
(d) James Piper.

12. How does James feel about his first-born child?
(a) He is obsessed with her.
(b) He wants nothing to do with her.
(c) He is apathetic toward her and simply provides for his family.
(d) He admires her from a distance.

13. Who does Mercedes think visited her in the night, pressing dark fingerprints onto her forehead?
(a) Teresa Taylor.
(b) Materia Piper.
(c) Grandmother Mahmoud.
(d) Kathleen Piper.

14. What is the gender of Kathleen's baby?
(a) She gives birth to a hermaphrodite.
(b) She gives birth to a girl.
(c) She gives birth to a boy and a girl.
(d) She gives birth to a boy.

15. What job did James work to help pay for Kathleen's boarding school fees?
(a) He worked as a bookie.
(b) He worked as a bus driver.
(c) He worked as a dishwasher.
(d) He worked in a coal mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the school Kathleen was enrolled in as a child?

2. What did James's father do for a living?

3. Which of the following did Mumma die from?

4. Who found the dead baby and tried to resuscitate him?

5. What is the name of the street the Piper family lives on?

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