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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of fish does Piper catch?
(a) A catfish.
(b) A trout.
(c) A minnow.
(d) A perch.

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

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

4. What are the items Daisy and Edmond buy in the village the day after the war officially begins?
(a) Candles and matches.
(b) Sugar and flour.
(c) Bottled water and canned food.
(d) Sodas and gasoline.

5. What is there for lunch the first time Daisy meets Aunt Penn?
(a) Soup, cheese and bread.
(b) Peas and cornbread.
(c) Meat, bread and chips.
(d) Fried potatoes and sliced tomatoes.

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

7. What is the statue in one corner of the garden?
(a) A Grecian lady.
(b) A stone angel.
(c) A gnome.
(d) A frog.

8. What is Isaac doing when Edmond, Piper, and Daisy are lying on the blanket?
(a) Climbing a tree.
(b) Sitting on the end of the blanket.
(c) Standing in the water.
(d) Cleaning fish.

9. What is the drink Edmond brings to Daisy when she wishes for something cold to drink?
(a) Tea.
(b) Water.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Root beer.

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

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

12. Where did Miss Valerie Greene work as a teacher?
(a) Thomas Jefferson Elementary School.
(b) West Side Christian Academy.
(c) Nightingale-Bamford School for Girls.
(d) New York City High School #27

13. How old is Osbert when Daisy arrives in England?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Seventeen.

14. Where do the children go each day?
(a) To the police station in search of news.
(b) To the village.
(c) To the train station in case Aunt Penn comes home.
(d) To a neighbor's house to watch news on television.

15. Which of the following was one of the precautions written on the flyer the children received with their rations?
(a) Wash all produce before eating.
(b) Hide whenever planes flyover.
(c) Be careful when handling firearms.
(d) Remember to drink plenty of fluids.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often do the trucks leave food for the family after the beginning of the smallpox epidemic?

2. How much do Daisy and her driver pay to leave the airport parking lot?

3. What kind of bird does Daisy hear that Edmond identifies for her?

4. Why does Daisy say she gagged when she ate that food?

5. What does Dr. Jameson ask for when he visits the children?

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