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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Debris.
(d) Portages.

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

3. Where in Ireland does Mrs. Murphy say her family is from when she meets Vivian?
(a) Enniscorthy.
(b) Innishannon.
(c) Hacketstown.
(d) Letterfrack.

4. How many months ago did Vivian's younger sister Maisie die, according to Molly's research in Section 4?
(a) 8 months ago.
(b) 5 months ago.
(c) 2 months ago.
(d) 7 months ago.

5. What animal is Mr. Nielsen compared to when his character is first introduced in the novel?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A ferret.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A mouse.

6. What is the first question that Molly asks Vivian for her American History assignment?
(a) What is the longest journey you have taken?
(b) Where were you born?
(c) How old are you?
(d) Do you believe in ghosts?

7. What was Vivian's sister Maisie's name changed to after she was adopted?
(a) Mary Schatzman.
(b) Sarah Pennington.
(c) Margaret Schatzman.
(d) Wilma Jackson.

8. What word is used in Section 3 to describe "a stew of diced meat, onion, and vegetables, with mustard, ginger, and vinegar"?
(a) Fricassee.
(b) Gallimaufry.
(c) Goulash.
(d) Sassafras.

9. What Christian denomination are the Nielsens?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Episcopalian.

10. Where does Vivian admit that her mother went after the fire when she first arrives at Miss Larsen's room at the boarding house?
(a) To prison.
(b) Back to Ireland.
(c) To South America.
(d) To a mental hospital.

11. At what time does the Nielsen's store close each day when Vivian begins working there?
(a) 7 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 5 p.m.

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

13. What month is it when everyone in the Grote family comes down with lice in 1930?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) April.

14. For how long have the Nielsens been married when Vivian comes to live with them?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 18 years.

15. When is Mrs. Grote due to have a baby in 1930?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month is Molly's birthday?

2. How old is Vivian when Mrs. Nielsen finds a pack of cigarettes in her purse?

3. What prominent English general is cited in Section 3 for having said, "We took away [the Indians'] country and their means of support. It was for this and against this that they made war. Could anyone expect less?"

4. Who is the man that drives the kids to school from the country road that Vivian walks to from the Grotes' home?

5. The Penobscot Indians are a tribe belonging to what confederacy?

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