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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who usually milks the goats?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Piper.
(c) Aunt Penn.
(d) Edmond.

2. What do Piper and Daisy do while Mrs. McEvoy is crying in grief over her husband's death?
(a) Try to keep Alby busy and out of the way.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Begin digging a grave.
(d) Gather their belongings.

3. When do the men say rationing will start?
(a) In a few months.
(b) Never.
(c) By Christmas.
(d) Any day.

4. What does Major McEvoy say was one of the first things to be taken over by the enemy?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Petrol.
(c) Trains and planes.
(d) Food.

5. What do the cousins eat the first night they stay in the lambing barn?
(a) Chips and dip.
(b) Potatoes and eggs.
(c) Bacon sandwiches.
(d) Mushrooms soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daisy learn from Edmond about the time she "hears" the cry of a newborn baby?

2. Why does Daisy believe Dr. Jameson might have had something to do with the arrival of the British military?

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

4. Who is left in the living room with Dr. Jameson when some of the children go to look for medicine?

5. Where did Miss Valerie Greene work as a teacher?

(see the answer key)

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