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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Molly's favorite novel that she attempted to steal?
(a) The Old Man and the Sea.
(b) Jane Eyre.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) Anne of Green Gables.

2. Who does Molly argue with in her English class about the novel Jane Eyre in Section 2?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Paul.
(d) Tyler.

3. How many years older than Vivian is Dutchy in the novel?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. What color is Molly's hair described as in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Auburn.
(b) Blond.
(c) Black with white stripes.
(d) Blond with blue stripes.

5. What is Mrs. Byrne's first name?
(a) Anne.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Marie.
(d) Lois.

6. What is the name of Jack's mother in the novel?
(a) Marie.
(b) Terry.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Dina.

7. Where does the orphan train that Vivian rides on in 1929 make its first stop to meet potential adopters?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Topeka.
(d) Minneapolis.

8. Who is the author of Anne of Green Gables?
(a) William Wordsworth.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Lucy Maud Montgomery.
(d) Percy Byshe Shelley.

9. When was Michael Collins assassinated?
(a) August 22, 1922.
(b) May 20, 1925.
(c) September 16, 1919.
(d) March 12, 1921.

10. What is Molly's foster mother's profession?
(a) Ambulance driver.
(b) Advertiser.
(c) Police dispatcher.
(d) Chief Executive of a jewelry chain.

11. Where did Joseph Plunkett marry Grace Gifford just hours before his execution?
(a) The County Galway Courthouse.
(b) The County Mayo Courthouse.
(c) The Kilcommon jail chapel.
(d) The Kilmainham jail chapel.

12. What is the name of the ship that Vivian's family takes to America in 1929?
(a) The Christopher Columbus.
(b) The Agnes Pauline.
(c) The St. Mary.
(d) The USS Emirate.

13. What does Molly say turtles represent to the people of her culture?
(a) Slowness and time.
(b) Victory and spoils.
(c) Strength and perseverance.
(d) Isolation and fear.

14. What grade was Molly in when she transferred to Mount Desert Island High School?
(a) Eleventh grade.
(b) Seventh grade.
(c) Twelfth grade.
(d) Tenth grade.

15. What is the setting for the novel Anne of Green Gables?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Prince Edward Island.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) New York, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe Molly's sense of style in the beginning of the novel?

2. What does Vivian do with her copy of Anne of Green Gables that is found in the attic?

3. Where does Vivian's family take a tenement room for ten dollars a month after arriving in New York?

4. Of what does Vivian say in the Prologue, "Many times in my life I have felt them around me, observing, witnessing, when no one in the living world knew or cared what happened"?

5. How did Molly's father die?

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