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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the food Daisy and Piper find growing along a stone wall near the path they are following that first morning?
(a) Almonds.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Asparagus.
(d) Wild onions.

2. What does Aunt Penn say the children can do to get some money until she can get home?
(a) Get the money she has hidden in the cookie jar.
(b) Pawn some of her jewelry.
(c) Sell a couple of goats.
(d) Go to the bank.

3. Why is the milking of cows on area farms a problem since the war began?
(a) There aren't enough people to milk the cows.
(b) The milking barns in the area have all been bombed.
(c) The cows are so scared from the shooting they've stopped giving milk.
(d) There's no electricity to run the milking machines.

4. What does Daisy say about her skills with maps?
(a) That she's very good at them.
(b) That she isn't good at them.
(c) That she'll have to make her own.
(d) That she's never seen one before.

5. What does Daisy say "changed our lives instantly for the better" at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Traveling on a road.
(b) Following the river.
(c) Having a better map.
(d) Finding a food source.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daisy first think is wrong with Piper when she wakes up screaming?

2. What do the two men do when they discover Osbert is the oldest person on the premises?

3. When do the men say rationing will start?

4. What is the final thing Daisy says to Edmond as she and Piper are being taken away?

5. What does Osbert wish he and his friends could do?

(see the answer key)

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