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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. In Gorey, how much money does Mr. Kinsella give the narrator to buy treats?
(a) A pound.
(b) 5 pence.
(c) 10 pence.
(d) 20 pence.

2. When the narrator walks with the Kinsellas in Chapter 5, what dog comes barking outside a cottage?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Brown and white.
(d) Black and tan.

3. At the wake in Chapter 5, what does Mr. Kinsella pour for the narrator to drink?
(a) Punch.
(b) White lemonade.
(c) Red lemonade.
(d) Tea.

4. In Chapter 5 when the Kinsellas and narrator come to the house where the wake is being held, how many men are smoking and leaning against a wall?
(a) 4.
(b) A couple.
(c) 3.
(d) Several.

5. In Chapter 5, whose grave does Mr. Kinsella have to help dig?
(a) Michael's.
(b) William's.
(c) Jonathan's.
(d) Andrew's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the door of the house where the wake is being held in Chapter 5?

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

3. What does Mr. Kinsella make for everyone to drink when he comes in for a break in Chapter 3?

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

5. What blouse does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Mr. Kinsella do when he takes a break in Chapter 3?

7. Why does Mr. Kinsella think it is time to buy the narrator some clothes?

8. In Chapter 5, what does Mr. Kinsella tell the narrator to do before they go to town, and what does she think about what he says?

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

10. What is it like in Gorey?

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