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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the village in Ireland where Vivian's family lived before immigrating to America?
(a) Naas.
(b) O'Briensbridge.
(c) Kinvara.
(d) Abbeyshrule.

2. What is the name of Molly's foster mother?
(a) Dina.
(b) Terry.
(c) Marie.
(d) Donna.

3. How old was Molly when her father died?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

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

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

6. What is the full name of the protagonist in Anne of Green Gables?
(a) Anne Shirley.
(b) Anne Kelley.
(c) Anne Byrne.
(d) Anne Keller.

7. How many rooms comprise Vivian's house?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 22.
(d) 5.

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

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

10. Where is Vivian when she is adopted by the Byrnes?
(a) Cheyenne, Wyoming.
(b) Albans, Minnesota.
(c) Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(d) Topeka, Kansas.

11. In what year is the contemporary narrative of Orphan Train set?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2013.

12. How old is Vivian when she is adopted by the Byrnes?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

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

14. Where is Jack's father from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) The Dominican Republic.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Haiti.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Molly when her character is introduced in the narrative?

2. Who is the author of Anne of Green Gables?

3. 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"?

4. Who cares for Vivian briefly after the fire kills her family in New York?

5. How old is Maisie in 1929 when Vivian begins her life story?

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