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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of steps lead upstairs from the kitchen at the Kinsellas?
(a) Laminate covers.
(b) Wood.
(c) Carpeted.
(d) Rubber covers.

3. What village do the narrator and her father drive through in Chapter 1?
(a) Shillelagh.
(b) New Ross.
(c) Gorey.
(d) Enniscorthy.

4. What color is the Kinsella's house?
(a) Cream.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

5. Where is the narrator's mother's people from?
(a) The south.
(b) The east.
(c) The coast.
(d) The north.

6. In Chapter 2, what color are the butterflies the narrator sees as she walks through the fields with Mrs. Kinsella?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Orange.

7. In Chapter 2, what does the narrator say when Mrs. Kinsella asks her if her mother is all right?
(a) She used to get sick in the mornings.
(b) She hurt her foot.
(c) She gets tired.
(d) She has headaches.

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

9. In Chapter 2, what light is there from the sun when the narrator goes to bed?
(a) A hint of light.
(b) None.
(c) A dim light.
(d) Full sun.

10. How many lamps are in the Kinsella's bedroom?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

11. In Chapter 2, how long has the narrator's mother said that Mrs. Kinsella can keep the narrator?
(a) As long as she likes.
(b) A couple months.
(c) Until school starts.
(d) Until summer.

12. When did the narrator's mother pay for last year's haying in Chapter 2?
(a) Almost 9 months after the harvest.
(b) 2 months after the harvest.
(c) Just recently.
(d) 6 months after the harvest.

13. What clothes does Mrs. Kinsella give the narrator after her first bath?
(a) Trousers and a striped shirt.
(b) Trousers and a red shirt.
(c) Trousers and a checked shirt.
(d) Trousers and a plaid shirt.

14. How does the narrator imagine that Mr. Kinsella might take her to town?
(a) In a horse and buggy.
(b) In a blue pickup.
(c) On his tractor.
(d) In a red pickup.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella climb over and then follow a path worn through the grass in Chapter 2?

2. What does Mr. Kinsella put on a saucer in Chapter 1?

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

4. What does the narrator tell Mrs. Kinsella is the work her mother is waiting to have done in Chapter 1?

5. What type of trees are in the Kinsella's yard?

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