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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Daisy and Piper drink the morning after their first night sleeping under the plastic sheet?
(a) Rain water.
(b) Soda.
(c) Milk.
(d) Nothing.

2. Who is at the house when Daisy and Piper finally return to Piper's house?
(a) Osbert.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) No one.
(d) Isaac.

3. Why does Daisy believe Dr. Jameson might have had something to do with the arrival of the British military?
(a) Because the officials said he'd sent them.
(b) Because he'd said he would send the authorities.
(c) Because he'd been their only visitor just a few days earlier.
(d) She doesn't think he sent them.

4. What is the weather like on the day Piper and Daisy go fishing?
(a) Sunny and cold.
(b) Cloudy and drizzling rain.
(c) Cloudy and hot.
(d) Misty and hot.

5. Which of the following is NOT among the items Daisy takes as she and Piper are preparing to leave the McEvoy house?
(a) Olives.
(b) A compass.
(c) Strawberry jam.
(d) A pocket watch.

6. What is the name of the village near the home Piper and Daisy are taken to?
(a) Reston Bridge.
(b) Link-up Downs.
(c) Jester Court.
(d) Village South.

7. What does Daisy say she prays for in Chapter 27?
(a) That Piper will stop crying.
(b) That soldiers won't find them.
(c) That the food they'd left is safe and not rotten.
(d) That Edmond and Isaac will come home.

8. Where does Daisy say she wound up when she returned to New York?
(a) In a hospital.
(b) At her grandmother's.
(c) At her stepmother's.
(d) At Leah's house.

9. Where is Jet when Piper and Daisy are leaving the McEvoy house?
(a) In the truck.
(b) In the bedroom.
(c) In the pasture.
(d) He can't be found.

10. Why is the milking of cows on area farms a problem since the war began?
(a) The milking barns in the area have all been bombed.
(b) There's no electricity to run the milking machines.
(c) The cows are so scared from the shooting they've stopped giving milk.
(d) There aren't enough people to milk the cows.

11. Why does Daisy say she doesn't tell everyone about her meetings with Edmond in Chapter 18?
(a) She doesn't realize what's really happening.
(b) She believes they might think she's crazy.
(c) She doesn't want to share the time.
(d) She can't be sure it's Edmond.

12. Who is Albert?
(a) The four-year-old son of Mrs. McEvoy.
(b) The fourteen-year-old McEvoy boy who is away at school.
(c) The eight-year-old son of the McEvoy's neighbor.
(d) The eighteen-year-old soldier who drives the girls to the McEvoy's.

13. What does Daisy say "changed our lives instantly for the better" at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Having a better map.
(b) Following the river.
(c) Traveling on a road.
(d) Finding a food source.

14. Who is the one person Daisy believes she recognizes among the dead at Gateshead Farm?
(a) Dr. Jameson.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Aunt Penn.
(d) Mrs. McEvoy.

15. What does Alby hit Daisy and Piper with repeatedly?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A book.
(c) A plastic sword.
(d) A rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daisy first think is wrong with Piper when she wakes up screaming?

2. Why are Daisy and Piper at the house on the day the telephone rings?

3. What does Daisy use as a lid when she and Piper are cooking their meal over a fire in Chapter 25?

4. How long does the occupation last?

5. What is the sound Daisy can hear as she falls asleep in Piper's bed their first night at the McEvoy's house?

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