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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of sauce do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator make in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 3, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator make?

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

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

5. How much oilcloth does Mrs. Kinsella buy at the draper's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Kinsella fix for breakfast in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What is it like in Gorey?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Kinsellas seem to balance one another. How would you describe the relationship the Kinsellas have? What is conveyed about marriage as a partnership through their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator makes observations about her father. What observations does the narrator make about her father? What type of person does he seem to be?

Essay Topic 3

Foster takes place on a farm, in a town, and at the narrator’s house. How do these settings affect the narrator’s character and sense of self?

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