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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much do Daisy and her driver pay to leave the airport parking lot?
(a) L 23.50
(b) Nothing.
(c) L 33.50
(d) L 13.50.

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

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

4. Why does Daisy say "Shrinks don't count" as people who listen to her?
(a) There aren't any here.
(b) She's never seen one.
(c) They don't believe what she says.
(d) They get paid.

5. What does Daisy say was the first thing that goes wrong after Aunt Penn leaves?
(a) The house catches fire.
(b) The cow dies.
(c) The British military arrives.
(d) A bomb goes off in London.

6. What is the major difference between Isaac and Edmond?
(a) The color of their hair.
(b) The color of their eyes.
(c) One is right handed and one is left.
(d) The shape of their faces.

7. How many kids does the family have that has moved to the village from London?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

8. What is the room at the short side of the "L-shaped" farmhouse?
(a) The living room.
(b) Aunt Penn's bedroom.
(c) The study.
(d) The kitchen.

9. Who does Daisy expect will meet her at the London airport?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Piper.
(c) Aunt Penn.
(d) Edmond.

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

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

12. Why does Daisy say the family gets four pints of milk as part of their daily rations?
(a) They are only getting two.
(b) Because they are contributing goat milk to the supplies.
(c) Because they're children.
(d) Because there is plenty of milk available.

13. What does Daisy say is the thing that "mostly" changes everything?
(a) Edmond.
(b) The war.
(c) Her mother's death.
(d) Her father's marriage.

14. Which of the following is NOT one of the rumors being circulated about the Queen?
(a) That she's bearing up.
(b) That she's in prison.
(c) That she's one of them.
(d) That she's breaking down.

15. What does Daisy say when Edmond asks if she ever thinks about dying?
(a) He doesn't ask her.
(b) All the time.
(c) Never.
(d) Only since the war began.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Daisy discover is providing the food being rationed to the families in the area?

2. What is there for lunch the first time Daisy meets Aunt Penn?

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

4. What color are the roses blooming on the front of the house?

5. What kind of blanket does Daisy use on her bed?

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