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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing that Mrs. Kinsella wants the narrator to do after her father leaves?
(a) Put away her things.
(b) Help clean the kitchen.
(c) Go outside to play.
(d) Take a bath.

2. When does Mrs. Kinsella say she last saw the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) In the pram.
(b) When she was born.
(c) When she was 2.
(d) When she was 4.

3. What type of dog do the Kinsellas have?
(a) Sheepdog.
(b) Hound.
(c) Border collie.
(d) Terrier.

4. In Chapter 2, how do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella walk back to the house?
(a) Singing.
(b) Talking.
(c) Skipping.
(d) Holding hands.

5. In Chapter 2, why does the narrator's family not have the hay in?
(a) No one will harvest the hay for them.
(b) Mary is pregnant and Dan will not do it.
(c) Their equipment broke down.
(d) They do not have the money to pay the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, why is the narrator feeling bad when her father leaves?

2. In Chapter 2, what color are the butterflies the narrator sees as she walks through the fields with Mrs. Kinsella?

3. What covers the bed in the Kinsellas' bedroom?

4. When Dan drops produce on the floor, who bends to pick it up in Chapter 1?

5. What type of steps lead to the Kinsella's well?

(see the answer key)

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