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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. What type of trees are in the Kinsella's yard?
(a) Alders.
(b) Weeping willows.
(c) Hawthorns.
(d) Oaks.

2. What does the narrator remember her father lost in a game of 45?
(a) Red shorthorn.
(b) Black shorthorn.
(c) White shorthorn.
(d) Roan shorthorn.

3. In Chapter 1, what is Mrs. Kinsella wearing when the narrator sees her for the first time?
(a) Blue blouse and khaki trousers.
(b) Plaid blouse and navy trousers.
(c) White blouse and black trousers.
(d) Printed blouse and brown trousers.

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

5. What does Mrs. Kinsella fill an enamel jug with in Chapter 1?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Milk.
(c) Water.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, where was the priest from who prayed for rain that morning?

3. What type of bucket does Mrs. Kinsella grab before taking the narrator to the fields in Chapter 2?

4. What covers the bed in the Kinsellas' bedroom?

5. What does the narrator use in Chapter 2 to take a drink from the well?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator get to the well?

5. Why does the narrator tell Mrs. Kinsella that her family does not have their hay harvested?

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

7. How is the narrator's mother always busy?

8. When does Dan decide he needs to leave?

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

10. What does the narrator imagine it will be like at the Kinsella's place?

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