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

2. What is the food Daisy eats because Edmond asks her to?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Broccoli.
(d) Liver.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the items Daisy and Edmond buy in the village the day after the war officially begins?

2. What are the three things the children get regularly in their ration supplies?

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

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

5. What does Aunt Penn say the children can do to get some money until she can get home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daisy learn about the massacre and where Edmond and Isaac were when it occurred?

2. 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?

3. List three details about the farmhouse.

4. Why doesn't Daisy make a comment about Edmond's smoking when she meets him for the first time?

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

6. What is the state of the house when Daisy and Piper go back after they've rested several days in the barn?

7. Describe the visit by the two men from the council.

8. Describe the connection Daisy has with Edmond and how she explains it.

9. What does Daisy say about Isaac, Edmond, and Piper's schooling?

10. What does Daisy say about the cousins questioning her in the kitchen and how does she compare that to how kids would act in the United States?

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