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

2. What color hair does Mr. Kinsella have?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

3. What type of steps lead to the Kinsella's well?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Cement.
(c) Stone.
(d) Brick.

4. In Chapter 2, when the wind blows, what color does the grass turn?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Silver.
(d) Yellow.

5. In Chapter 1, what is the narrator wearing?
(a) Jumper and dungarees.
(b) Gaberdine dress and old sneakers.
(c) Cotton dress and dusty sandals.
(d) Red blouse and black trousers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of cows do the Kinsellas have?

2. Where does the narrator's father drive deep in Chapter 1?

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

4. When does the narrator's mother fix pancakes for her?

5. In Chapter 1, what type of flowers are in a glass in Mrs. Kinsella's kitchen?

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 is the narrator's mother always busy?

3. In Chapter 2, how does the narrator get water from the well?

4. What familiar places do the narrator and her father pass on their drive in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 1, where do the narrator and her father drive?

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

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

8. What do Dan and John talk about when Dan arrives with the narrator at the Kinsellas?

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

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

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