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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator hear when Mrs. Kinsella fetches her downstairs because it is too noisy to sleep?
(a) Cat howling.
(b) People shouting.
(c) Dog barking.
(d) Donkey.

2. What is on the door of the house where the wake is being held in Chapter 5?
(a) Black bow.
(b) Black streamer.
(c) Black wreath.
(d) Black ribbon.

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

4. In Chapter 5, what are Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator using to make jam?
(a) Rhubarb.
(b) Plums.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Gooseberries.

5. In Gorey in Chapter 5, what does the narrator buy from the sweet store?
(a) Black Jacks.
(b) Dairy milk bar.
(c) Clove rocks.
(d) Hard gums.

6. In Chapter 5, what day of the week is it?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

7. What does Mr. Kinsella want the narrator to buy for him in Gorey from the money he gives her?
(a) Chocolate mega jazzies.
(b) Choc-ice.
(c) Boiled sweets.
(d) White chocolate mega jazzies.

8. In Chapter 4, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator paint?
(a) Front door.
(b) Skirting boards.
(c) Parlor.
(d) Kitchen.

9. In Chapter 3, how does Mrs. Kinsella clean the narrator's ears?
(a) Cotton balls.
(b) Q-tip.
(c) Hair clip.
(d) Washcloth.

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

11. How much oilcloth does Mrs. Kinsella buy at the draper's?
(a) 5 yards.
(b) 4 yards.
(c) 6 yards.
(d) 3 yards.

12. How many packets of food does the narrator eat after supper in Chapter 3?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

13. When the narrator walks with the Kinsellas in Chapter 5, what dog comes barking outside a cottage?
(a) Black.
(b) Black and tan.
(c) Brown and white.
(d) White.

14. When does the narrator wake when she is with the Kinsellas?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) Before dawn.
(c) Early with the sun.
(d) 5 a.m.

15. What does Mrs. Kinsella blame the dampness of the mattress on?
(a) The narrator wetting the bed.
(b) A glass of water spilling on the bed.
(c) Rain from the window.
(d) Dampness in the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Kinsella buy at the draper's?

2. What machine does Mrs. Kinsella show the narrator that she has not seen before?

3. At the end of Chapter 5, how many lights can the narrator see when Mr. Kinsella has her look out to sea?

4. Where does the narrator sit during the news in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 5, whose grave does Mr. Kinsella have to help dig?

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