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

2. What does Mr. Kinsella suggest that the narrator do before they go to town in Chapter 5?
(a) Get her jacket.
(b) Wash her hands and face.
(c) Have a snack.
(d) Comb her hair.

3. After Mrs. Kinsella cleans the narrator's ears in Chapter 3, what does she tell the girl could have grown in the dirt?
(a) African violet.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Geranium.
(d) Ivy.

4. In Chapter 4, how many men come to the door selling raffle tickets?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. 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) Dampness in the room.
(d) Rain from the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Mrs. Kinsella brush the narrator's hair before bed in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 3, how does Mrs. Kinsella clean the narrator's ears?

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

4. After cleaning the mattress in Chapter 3, what does Mrs. Kinsella decide they need for breakfast?

5. What color trousers does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator buy at the sweet shop?

2. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator keep waiting for?

3. In Chapter 3, how does the narrator help the woman around the house?

4. What card does the narrator pick out at a gift gallery and why?

5. What does Mrs. Kinsella do when Mr. Kinsella says they should buy the narrator some clothes?

6. What does Mr. Kinsella tell the narrator when he takes her to the beach at the end of Chapter 5?

7. What is wrong when the narrator wakes in Chapter 3 and how does Mrs. Kinsella react?

8. What can the narrator hear sometimes after she is in bed?

9. Who takes the narrator away from the wake, and what questions does the woman have?

10. What does Mrs. Kinsella tell the narrator that a wake is like?

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