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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mr. Byrne's family from in Ireland?
(a) County Kerry.
(b) County Cork.
(c) County Galway.
(d) County Claire.

2. What village in Ireland does Mr. Byrne tell Vivian his family was from?
(a) Abbeyfeale.
(b) Bective.
(c) Sallybrook.
(d) Castletown.

3. What does Mrs. Byrne say "is one of the most important qualities a young lady can possess" when she introduces her to the clothing factory in Section 2?
(a) Self-discipline.
(b) Polite manners.
(c) Propriety.
(d) Business-sense.

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

5. Who is the author of the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" that Vivian recites in Section 2?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) John Keats.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Walt Whitman.

6. How many years ago does Vivian say her husband died when she first meets Molly?
(a) 30 years ago.
(b) 12 years ago.
(c) 20 years ago.
(d) 8 years ago.

7. 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.

8. According to Molly's American History teacher, what percentage of English settlers came to America as indentured servants in the seventeenth century?
(a) One fourth.
(b) One third.
(c) One half.
(d) Two thirds.

9. How old was Molly when her maternal grandmother died?
(a) 2 years old.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 6 months old.
(d) 5 years old.

10. What was the name of the turtle that Molly had as a child before she entered foster care?
(a) Byron.
(b) Shelly.
(c) Peter.
(d) Carmine.

11. Who is the woman that oversees the children on the orphan train in 1929?
(a) Mrs. Murphy.
(b) Mrs. Ross.
(c) Mrs. Thompson.
(d) Mrs. Scatcherd.

12. How would you describe Molly's sense of style in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Nerdy.
(b) Goth.
(c) Preppie.
(d) Hipster.

13. What month is it when Molly goes to Vivian's house for the first time?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) September.

14. Before fostering Molly, her foster parents fostered a boy that attempted committing what crime?
(a) Armed robbery.
(b) Setting the elementary school on fire.
(c) Murder.
(d) Stealing the family car.

15. Who is Molly's English teacher?
(a) Mrs. Tate.
(b) Mr. Sorenson.
(c) Mrs. Grote.
(d) Mrs. Murphy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old does Vivian say she was when she lost her true love in the Prologue?

3. What is the name of Jack's mother in the novel?

4. What is the name of the village in Ireland where Vivian's family lived before immigrating to America?

5. What word from the narrative refers to a child's apron that is worn over a dress?

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