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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what illness did the Nielsens' daughter die?
(a) Diphtheria.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Polio.

2. Who throws Vivian out of the Grotes' home?
(a) Mr. Sorenson.
(b) Miss Larsen.
(c) Mr. Grote.
(d) Mrs. Grote.

3. What is the name of Vivian's fifth-grade teacher at the new school she attends after moving in with the Nielsens?
(a) Miss Buschkowsky.
(b) Mrs. Tate.
(c) Mrs. Grote.
(d) Mrs. Uhrig.

4. What illness does Vivian contract after she arrives at the boarding house where Miss Larsen lives?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Polio.
(d) Pneumonia.

5. Where does Vivian say her mother's people were from in Ireland?
(a) County Derry.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Limerick.
(d) Belfast.

6. What last name do Dina and Ralph have in the novel?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Thibodeau.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Jackson.

7. What does Mrs. Grote do all the time when Vivian arrives at the Grotes' home?
(a) She cooks all the time.
(b) She sews all the time.
(c) She sleeps all the time.
(d) She drinks all the time.

8. What word does Molly's American History teacher describe as "moments in [people's] lives when they've had to take a journey, literal or metaphorical"?
(a) Muttons.
(b) Testamentaries.
(c) Portages.
(d) Debris.

9. How old was Mrs. Nielsen when she married Mr. Nielsen?
(a) 19.
(b) 25.
(c) 33.
(d) 21.

10. What is Terry's last name in the novel?
(a) Gallant.
(b) Letterman.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Williams.

11. What colloquialism does Vivian recall her grandmother saying after a satisfying supper?
(a) Now that was the goat's toe.
(b) What a spot of tea.
(c) That was finer that a mutton!
(d) Almighty horse-feathers!

12. What is Molly's GPA for the semester when she meets with Lori in Section 3?
(a) 4.0.
(b) 3.8.
(c) 3.1.
(d) 3.5.

13. How old does Mr. Grote tell Vivian he is in Section 3?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 35.
(d) 24.

14. What does Fanny give to Vivian as a Christmas gift in 1929?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A wool coat.
(c) A pony.
(d) Gloves and mittens.

15. What month is it when Vivian first goes to meet the Nielsens?
(a) September.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does Vivian walk from the Grotes' home to the schoolhouse after she's been kicked out?

2. What is the name of the boarding house where Miss Larsen lives in 1930?

3. Consider the following sentence from Section 4: "As the years have passed, [Vivian's] losses have piled on one another like layers of shale." What literary device is used in this sentence?

4. What was Vivian's sister Maisie's name changed to after she was adopted?

5. How is the Nielsens' home described when Vivian first arrives there?

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