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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month is it when Molly goes to Vivian's house for the first time?
(a) March.
(b) April.
(c) September.
(d) July.

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Joseph Plunkett marry Grace Gifford just hours before his execution?

2. What is the full name of the protagonist in Anne of Green Gables?

3. When was the Children's Aid Society founded?

4. What is Molly's favorite novel that she attempted to steal?

5. Where did Molly live before she went into foster care?

Short Essay Questions

1. What transition occurs when Molly opens the first box in the attic in Section 2? How does the narrative style of the novel change?

2. What are Molly's first impressions of the attic when she is taken there in Section 2? Who leads Molly to this area of Vivian's house?

3. What foreshadowing can be seen through the meeting of Molly and Vivian in the beginning of the novel?

4. What purpose does the Prologue serve in Orphan Train? How would you describe the language and tone of the Prologue?

5. How would you describe Vivian's relationships with her fellow workers at the clothing manufacturing company owned by the Byrnes?

6. What similarities of circumstance are established between the characters of Vivian and Molly in the beginning of the novel?

7. What is indicated by Molly's response when Vivian asks about Molly's mother in Section 2?

8. How does the structure of the novel contribute to the theme of the past's influence on the present?

9. Discuss the literary allusions in the novel. What two literary works are referenced repeatedly? What do these books have in common with the characters of Orphan train?

10. What conversation takes place between Vivian and Dutchy on the orphan train in Minneapolis?

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