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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the sound Daisy can hear from below on the first night they stay in the lambing barn?
(a) The kittens.
(b) Mice.
(c) The lambs.
(d) Jet and Gin.

3. What does Daisy say all the kids are thinking though no one says it out loud?
(a) That they wish someone would take them in.
(b) That they're afraid of what's going to happen.
(c) That they don't care about the war.
(d) That they want to stick together.

4. What is the food Daisy eats because Edmond asks her to?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Broccoli.
(c) Liver.
(d) Cheese.

5. Where is Daisy from?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York City.
(d) London.

6. What are the three things the children get regularly in their ration supplies?
(a) Corn, flour, and milk.
(b) Lunch meat, fruit, and sodas.
(c) Beans, rice, and bacon.
(d) Peanut butter, sugar, and bread.

7. Who is it who has told Daisy that to "keep his counsel" means not spreading gossip?
(a) Aunt Penn.
(b) Her dad.
(c) Her doorman in New York.
(d) Davina.

8. What is the name of the dog in the photo with Aunt Penn and Daisy's mother?
(a) Lady.
(b) Fido.
(c) Sylvester.
(d) Devil Dog.

9. Where does Daisy live in New York?
(a) Central Avenue.
(b) Elm Drive.
(c) Martin Luther King Boulevard.
(d) Eighty-Sixth Street.

10. How often does Daisy's father want to talk about Daisy's mother?
(a) Only around the holidays.
(b) Never.
(c) Only when he's drunk.
(d) Whenever Daisy has questions.

11. What kind of car does Daisy ride in from the airport to her cousins' home?
(a) A white sedan.
(b) A black jeep.
(c) A blue pickup.
(d) A red convertible.

12. How often do the trucks leave food for the family after the beginning of the smallpox epidemic?
(a) Every other week.
(b) Every day.
(c) Two times each week.
(d) Three times a month.

13. What is Edmond doing when Daisy finds him in the barn in Chapter 9?
(a) Brushing the dog.
(b) Milking the goats.
(c) Repairing a hoe handle.
(d) Feeding the kittens.

14. What is the smell Daisy detects from outside the night she and Piper are reading "Flashman"?
(a) Rain.
(b) Honesuckle.
(c) Fertilizer.
(d) Fresh mown hay.

15. What is "scooting around" the yard behind a bunch of ducks?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Geese.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the song Piper is singing?

2. Where is Aunt Penn going in Chapter 4?

3. Where do Isaac, Edmond, and Piper go to school?

4. What is under the bed in Daisy's room?

5. What is the statue in one corner of the garden?

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