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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the representative from the Children's Aid Society that comes to take Vivian from the Byrnes?
(a) Mrs. Tate.
(b) Mr. Grote.
(c) Mr. Reed.
(d) Mr. Sorenson.

2. What is the name of the maid at the Nielsens' home?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Emily.
(c) Bess.
(d) Terry.

3. 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) Portages.
(b) Debris.
(c) Testamentaries.
(d) Muttons.

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

5. Who is the driver that picks Miss Larsen and Vivian up after school to take them to the boarding house?
(a) Mr. Sorenson.
(b) Mr. Reed.
(c) Mr. Grote.
(d) Mr. Yates.

6. Who is Vivian's date for her senior homecoming dance that gets kicked out after getting drunk and starting a scuffle?
(a) Tom Price.
(b) Ronnie King.
(c) Peter Thompson.
(d) Andrew Ross.

7. When did "Black Tuesday" occur?
(a) October 24, 1929.
(b) June 16, 1929.
(c) September 12, 1930.
(d) October 21, 1928.

8. Who is the author of the poem that is cited in Section 3 with the lines, "Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes. / Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise"?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Robert Burns.

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

10. How old did Molly turn on her birthday when her father gave her jewelry cards as a gift?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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

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

13. Who is the man that drives the kids to school from the country road that Vivian walks to from the Grotes' home?
(a) Mr. Byrne.
(b) Mr. Uhrig.
(c) Mr. Post.
(d) Mr. Reed.

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

15. What does Vivian's teacher give to her for her birthday in 1930?
(a) Potato cake.
(b) Rum cake.
(c) Currant bread.
(d) Banana bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What high school did Molly transfer from last year to the one she's at now?

2. What colloquialism does Vivian recall her grandmother saying after a satisfying supper?

3. What were the names of Vivian's brothers that died in the tenement fire in 1929?

4. Where does Mrs. Grund work as a sales clerk?

5. Where is the Bar Harbor Library located that Molly goes to in order to research Vivian's past?

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