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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 color is the brick in the back wall of the hardware store?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Yellow.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what is the name of the housepainter Vera remembers?
(a) Rick.
(b) Dave.
(c) Mark.
(d) Bob.

3. What month does Vera come back to Connaught with Daniel?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) August.
(d) July.

4. How old was Daniel when his father died?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 4 years.

5. Where was Billy Atkins working when Alec confronted him about teasing Alec's cousin Rose?
(a) Field.
(b) Gravel pit.
(c) Woods.
(d) Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alec's cousin Rose when a man named Billy Atkins liked to tease her?

2. How does Vera carry her important papers?

3. In Chapter 9, how many years has Alec tried to get his tenant, Marker to seed a pasture to flax?

4. How old was Vera when she got her first oratory medal?

5. Where were Vera and Daniel when the housepainter asked her to marry him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who cleans up for Alec and why?

2. What is the only change Alec has made to his house since Vera left, and why is it pink?

3. How does Vera meet Stanley?

4. Why does Daniel like his grandfather?

5. In Chapter 8, why did Vera quit writing Earl?

6. What was Alec's first job, and how did he get it?

7. What happened when Alec lost Earl during a Dominion Day celebration?

8. Who are Vera and Daniel's fellow passengers on the bus in Chapter 2?

9. Why does Daniel think that he will not make friends in Connaught?

10. What does the young man on the bus offer Vera, and how does Daniel interrupt?

(see the answer keys)

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