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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Piper give Daisy when they go for a walk around the farm for the first time?
(a) A newborn kitten.
(b) A bucket.
(c) A chicken egg.
(d) A bunch of flowers.

2. What color are the flowers blooming on the vine that's climbing up the front of the farmhouse?
(a) There aren't any flowers when Daisy arrives.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What kind of bird does Daisy hear that Edmond identifies for her?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Mockingbird.
(c) Skylark.
(d) Blue Jay.

12. What does Daisy say about her life before the war?
(a) That she was happy.
(b) That she can't remember much about it.
(c) That she was lonely for her mother.
(d) That she was sad.

13. What does Daisy say is the sound Piper makes when she discovers Daisy is awake?
(a) A cat purr.
(b) A banshee scream.
(c) A mouse cheer.
(d) A cuckoo laugh.

14. How many kids are staring at Daisy through the window of the vehicle when she first sees them at the farm?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Daisy gives an example to explain how Isaac connects with animals. How many kittens does the cat in her example have?

2. What kind of tree is near the river on the day Daisy and the others go swimming in Chapter 13?

3. What is the word Aunt Penn uses to describe Daisy that comes as such a surprise to Daisy?

4. What was the name of the painting Daisy had copied in a class once?

5. What kind of fish does Piper catch?

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