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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator comment that the man who won what her father lost in a game of 45 sold the object?
(a) Carnew.
(b) Blackwater.
(c) Rosslare.
(d) Kilmore Quay.

3. In Chapter 1, what day of the week does the narrator's father take her for a drive?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

4. When Dan drops produce on the floor, who bends to pick it up in Chapter 1?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Mr. Kinsella.
(c) He does.
(d) Mrs. Kinsella.

5. In Chapter 1, what type of flowers are in a glass in Mrs. Kinsella's kitchen?
(a) Flax flowers.
(b) Anemones.
(c) Lilies.
(d) Ox-eyed daisies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Kinsella start to hang over the curtain rail when she puts the narrator to bed in Chapter 2?

3. What does the narrator imagine that Mr. Kinsella might buy her in town?

4. What does the narrator remember her father lost in a game of 45?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What lie does Dan tell the Kinsellas about the hay when he and Mr. Kinsellas come into the kitchen?

2. How does the narrator describe Mrs. Kinsella the first time she sees her?

3. How is the bath the narrator takes in Chapter 2 different from what she has at home?

4. How does the narrator get upstairs and what does she see?

5. How does Mrs. Kinsella help the narrator with her bath in Chapter 2?

6. What does the narrator see as her father turns off on the lane to the Kinsellas?

7. How does Mrs. Kinsella tuck the narrator into bed in Chapter 2?

8. How does the narrator feel when her father leaves her at the Kinsellas?

9. When does Dan decide he needs to leave?

10. In Chapter 2, what clothes does Mrs. Kinsella get for the narrator after her bath?

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