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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daisy feel when she thinks back on Joe's death later that night?
(a) Sadness that she wasn't nicer to him.
(b) Fear that she'll die as well.
(c) Frustration that the war is happening.
(d) Anger that he got Major McEvoy killed.

2. Why is Mrs. McEvoy worried about her older son?
(a) He is running around with a wild crowd.
(b) He has been taken hostage.
(c) He was away at school and she hasn't heard from him.
(d) He was in the army and has gone missing.

3. What does Daisy learn from Edmond about the time she "hears" the cry of a newborn baby?
(a) That the baby was ill.
(b) That the baby survived.
(c) That the baby died.
(d) Nothing.

4. Why is Jet such a valuable commodity?
(a) He is trained to carry messages.
(b) He alerts the family to intruders.
(c) He chases animals out of the garden.
(d) There is no fuel for the vehicles used to herd animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about finding the town named Strup that makes Daisy cry?

2. What is the topic Daisy discusses with many of the soldiers during their days in the barn?

3. Who is Albert?

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

5. What does Daisy tell Baz though she swears him to secrecy?

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