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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator make that has to be kept cold?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Cream.
(c) Ice cubes.
(d) Butter.

2. What do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator dig in Chapter 3?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Onions.
(c) New potatoes.
(d) Radishes.

3. What does the narrator sometimes hear people doing after she has gone to bed in Chapter 4?
(a) Singing.
(b) Playing music.
(c) Socializing.
(d) Playing cards and talking.

4. Where does the narrator sit during the news in Chapter 3?
(a) On Mrs. Kinsella's lap.
(b) On the sofa.
(c) In a rocker.
(d) On the floor.

5. In Chapter 3, what does Mrs. Kinsella send the narrator to the vegetable garden to pull?
(a) Parsley.
(b) Scallions.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Onions.

6. What toy looks like it is shivering in Gorey?
(a) Dolphin.
(b) Dog.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Cat.

7. What does Mrs. Kinsella buy at the draper's?
(a) Darning needles and oilcloth printed with strawberries.
(b) Darning needles and oilcloth printed with yellow pears.
(c) Darning needles and oilcloth printed with cherries.
(d) Darning needles and oilcloth printed with vegetables.

8. What time do the Kinsellas watch the news?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) 8:30 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 9:30 p.m.

9. At the wake in Chapter 5, what does Mr. Kinsella pour for the narrator to drink?
(a) Punch.
(b) White lemonade.
(c) Tea.
(d) Red lemonade.

10. What does the card look like that the narrator picks out for her mother's birthday?
(a) Bouquet of roses.
(b) Cat sitting in front of a bed of dahlias.
(c) Dog sitting in a field.
(d) Bouquet of daisies and tulips.

11. What blouse does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?
(a) Striped blouse with long sleeves.
(b) Printed blouse with short sleeves.
(c) Plaid blouse with short sleeves.
(d) Printed blouse with long sleeves.

12. In Chapter 5 when the Kinsellas and narrator come to the house where the wake is being held, how many men are smoking and leaning against a wall?
(a) 4.
(b) Several.
(c) A couple.
(d) 3.

13. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does the narrator feel when she wakes?
(a) Hot and cold.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Wet.

14. In Gorey, what are hanging in plastic nets?
(a) Fish.
(b) Meat.
(c) Footballs.
(d) Beach balls and blow-up toys.

15. In Chapter 5, how many times does the narrator remember holding her father's hand?
(a) 1.
(b) None.
(c) 4 or 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator help fix for breakfast in Chapter 3?

2. After Mrs. Kinsella cleans the narrator's ears in Chapter 3, what does she tell the girl could have grown in the dirt?

3. What is the name of the ass in Chapter 4?

4. When the narrator walks with the Kinsellas in Chapter 5, what dog comes barking outside a cottage?

5. What does the narrator say that her mother says she should not take from a man?

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