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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) Clodagh O'Reilly.
(b) Niamh Power.
(c) Deirdre Friel.
(d) Aednat Connolly.

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

3. How old does Vivian say she is in the Prologue of the novel?
(a) 84.
(b) 91.
(c) 79.
(d) 67.

4. How did Molly's father die?
(a) He was shot by a stranger.
(b) He committed suicide by overdose.
(c) He was executed by the state.
(d) He was killed in a car accident.

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

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

7. 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) Two thirds.
(c) One half.
(d) One fourth.

8. Who does Molly borrow the pink blouse from that she wears when she first goes to Vivian's house?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Lori.
(c) Terry.
(d) Dina.

9. 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.

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

11. What is the name of Molly's foster father?
(a) Henry.
(b) Paul.
(c) Ralph.
(d) George.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Vivian's younger sister?

2. What is Vivian's last name in the novel?

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

4. What grade was Molly in when she transferred to Mount Desert Island High School?

5. Who is the woman that oversees the children on the orphan train in 1929?

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