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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. Where does Mr. Kinsella want to go to get the narrator clothes in Chapter 5?
(a) Ballymoney.
(b) Gorey.
(c) Kittennel.
(d) Courtown.

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

3. What type of plants are growing near Mildred's front door?
(a) Red hot pokers.
(b) Flax flowers.
(c) Bluebells.
(d) Shamrocks.

4. What are men raising money for by selling raffle tickets?
(a) New roof for a church.
(b) New roof for the school.
(c) Help a family who lost their father.
(d) Help a family who had a fire.

5. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator hear when Mrs. Kinsella fetches her downstairs because it is too noisy to sleep?
(a) Donkey.
(b) People shouting.
(c) Dog barking.
(d) Cat howling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator drag the mattress in Chapter 3?

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

3. Where does Mr. Kinsella have the narrator run to in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 3, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator eat after supper?

5. In Chapter 5, what color shells does the narrator find?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, what does the narrator notice on the news?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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