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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the two men do when they discover Osbert is the oldest person on the premises?
(a) Say they'll send military officials.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Say they'll look for Aunt Penn.
(d) Say the children will have to live with relatives.

2. What does Osbert wish he and his friends could do?
(a) Leave the country.
(b) Find girlfriends.
(c) Move to London and be a spy.
(d) Quit school.

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

4. What book prompts Piper's decision they have to find and cook all their own food?
(a) Girl Scout Survival Guide.
(b) English Guide to Wilderness Life.
(c) Boy Scout Survival Guide.
(d) Surving a Military Invasion.

5. Why do people sometimes "borrow" Isaac when they are considering getting a new dog?
(a) He can tell if something isn't right about the dog.
(b) He can tell if the dog is healthy.
(c) He can tell if the dog is going to be lazy.
(d) He can tell how big the dog is going to become.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Osbert when Daisy arrives in England?

2. What is "scooting around" the yard behind a bunch of ducks?

3. What is the outing the cousins have planned for the day?

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

5. Why does Daisy say "Shrinks don't count" as people who listen to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the army official driving Daisy and Piper to their new home interacts with the invading army officials who have checkpoints set up, and what is Daisy's reaction to this interaction?

2. What is the fantasy Osbert and his friends are imagining and what is Daisy's reaction?

3. What are the things Daisy sees as she first approaches the farm.

4. What does Dr. Jameson want, why does he want it, and what do the children give him?

5. What is the reaction of the children when the army officials first invade their home and what is the comparison Daisy makes to the Nazis?

6. Briefly describe the letter Daisy receives from her father and Daisy's reaction to it.

7. Why does Daisy say she ended up back in New York?

8. How does Daisy explain how Isaac's connection with animals might help locate a lost cat?

9. Describe why the children come to move to the lambing barn.

10. Describe the conversation in which Piper asks Daisy if she loves Edmond.

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