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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name that Vivian was born with?
(a) Niamh Power.
(b) Clodagh O'Reilly.
(c) Aednat Connolly.
(d) Deirdre Friel.

2. Where does Molly live with her foster parents in the novel?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) Portland, Maine.
(c) Spruce Harbor, Maine.
(d) Dover, Massachusetts.

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

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

5. What was the name of Vivian's younger sister?
(a) Megan.
(b) Shannon.
(c) Maisie.
(d) Eve.

6. How old is Maisie in 1929 when Vivian begins her life story?
(a) 18 months old.
(b) 5 years old.
(c) 7 years old.
(d) 6 months old.

7. Who oversees the women who work in the Byrnes' clothing company?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Fanny.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Martha.

8. When was Anne of Green Gables published?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1859.

9. 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) Polite manners.
(b) Self-discipline.
(c) Propriety.
(d) Business-sense.

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

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

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

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

14. What name do the Byrnes give to Vivian when they adopt her?
(a) Marie.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Emily.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Children's Aid Society founded?

2. What does Molly say turtles represent to the people of her culture?

3. Where did Joseph Plunkett marry Grace Gifford just hours before his execution?

4. What is Molly's foster mother's profession?

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

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