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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the cousins eat the first night they stay in the lambing barn?

3. What is the smell Daisy detects from outside the night she and Piper are reading "Flashman"?

4. What is Isaac doing when Edmond, Piper, and Daisy are lying on the blanket?

5. How many kids are staring at Daisy through the window of the vehicle when she first sees them at the farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the "crazy old man" warn about incoming news and what is her wife's reaction?:

2. What is the role each girl plays in the fishing trip in chapter twenty-eight and why does Daisy say she plays that role?

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

4. To what does Daisy compare Edmond the first time she sees him and why does she make this comparison?

5. Describe Daisy's first meeting with Aunt Penn.

6. What does Daisy expect of her Aunt Penn and why does she have these expectations?

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

8. Describe the McEvoy's two sons and their whereabouts when Daisy first meets the family.

9. What happens to put an end to the daily walk into town and how do the children begin receiving food after that?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How have the lives of the children changed between the time Daisy arrives in England and the time she returns? What causes the various changes?

Essay Topic 2

What is the most important theme of the story? Why is this theme important? List at least three examples of this theme.

Essay Topic 3

Edmond is greatly changed by the massacre he witnesses and by Daisy's departure from England. Describe this change. How does Edmond deal with the situation?

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