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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 machine does Mrs. Kinsella show the narrator that she has not seen before?
(a) Washing machine.
(b) Freezer.
(c) Vacuum.
(d) Coffee machine.

2. What does the narrator help fix for breakfast in Chapter 3?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Toast.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Eggs.

3. What time do the Kinsellas watch the news?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) 9 p.m.
(c) 8:30 p.m.
(d) 9:30 p.m.

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

5. In Chapter 5 as the narrator walks with Mildred, what does she see growing in the ditches?
(a) Curly dock.
(b) Chamomile.
(c) Dandelions.
(d) Stinging nettles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Mr. Kinsella eat on his break?

2. How do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella scrub the mattress?

3. In Chapter 4, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator paint?

4. At the wake in Chapter 5, what does Mr. Kinsella pour for the narrator to drink?

5. How many packets of food does the narrator eat after supper in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. One evening after the narrator is in bed, what happens when it is noisy in Chapter 4, and Mrs. Kinsella brings the narrator downstairs?

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

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

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

6. What conversation do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella have about the dirt in her ears in Chapter 3?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what are the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella doing when Mr. Kinsella comes in from the yard?

8. In Chapter 3, why does Mr. Kinsella have the narrator run?

9. What is it like in Gorey?

10. What does Mr. Kinsella give the narrator when they give to town, and what conversation do he and Mrs. Kinsella have about his gift?

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