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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What line the hedge of the lane that leads to the Kinsella's house?
(a) Square-trimmed hedges.
(b) Tall trees.
(c) Honeysuckle bushes.
(d) Wild berry bushes.

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

3. What does the narrator tell Mrs. Kinsella is the work her mother is waiting to have done in Chapter 1?
(a) Corn harvesting.
(b) Straw cutting.
(c) Wheat cutting.
(d) Hay cutting.

4. What is Mrs. Kinsella baking in Chapter 1?
(a) Raisin cookies.
(b) Strawberry tart.
(c) Oatmeal cookies.
(d) Rhubarb tart.

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

6. What chores does the narrator think she might have to do at the Kinsella's place?
(a) Wash dishes and mop floors.
(b) Clean out sheds, pick stones, and pull ragweed.
(c) Do laundry, wash dishes, and mop floors.
(d) Weed, wash dishes, and do laundry.

7. How does Mrs. Kinsella get the dirt under the narrator's toenails?
(a) Lathering soap on her toes.
(b) Tweezers.
(c) Sliding an emery board under her nails.
(d) Soaking in the hot water.

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

9. How often has the narrator's mother told her she should change her pants?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Daily.
(d) Every other week.

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

11. What would Mrs. Kinsella like to send the narrator's mother in Chapter 2?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Laborers.
(d) Clothing.

12. In Chapter 1, what does Mrs. Kinsella send home with the narrator's father?
(a) Beans.
(b) Peas.
(c) Rhubarb.
(d) Corn.

13. Where does Mrs. Kinsella have the narrator say her prayers in Chapter 2?
(a) At the kitchen table.
(b) In bed.
(c) Kneeling on the floor.
(d) In the living room.

14. What type are the fences around the Kinsella's fields?
(a) Wood.
(b) Rail fencing.
(c) Electric.
(d) Barbed wire.

15. In Chapter 1, why is the narrator feeling bad when her father leaves?
(a) She wishes her sister had come.
(b) He does not say goodbye.
(c) She feels homesick.
(d) She wishes her mother had come.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, how long has the narrator's mother said that Mrs. Kinsella can keep the narrator?

3. How does the narrator keep from falling in the well in Chapter 2?

4. What clothes does Mrs. Kinsella give the narrator after her first bath?

5. How many lamps are in the Kinsella's bedroom?

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