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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the news Osbert has when he enters the house after Daisy has written a letter to Leah?
(a) That Aunt Penn is dead.
(b) That he is joining the army.
(c) That there is an outbreak of smallpox.
(d) That the U.S. has been bombed.

2. What does Piper use to decorate Ding's horns while the children are playing near the river?
(a) Hay.
(b) Blossoms from a plum tree.
(c) Wild roses.
(d) Poppies and daisies.

3. What color are the roses blooming on the front of the house?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Pink.
(d) Red.

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

5. What is one of Major McEvoy's main jobs with the army?
(a) Organizing a field hospital for locals.
(b) Coordinating the passing of important information.
(c) Organizing a way to get schools open.
(d) Organizing troops to defend England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sound Daisy can hear as she falls asleep in Piper's bed their first night at the McEvoy's house?

2. What does Daisy say is the worst part of their daily trips?

3. Where does Daisy say she wound up when she returned to New York?

4. What does Major McEvoy say was one of the first things to be taken over by the enemy?

5. What are two of the health questions the two men ask Daisy and the cousins in Chapter 9?

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