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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Jamie has been home?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 3 years.

2. What was Granda's mother's name?
(a) Famie.
(b) Fran.
(c) Fontella.
(d) Fannie.

3. What is Jamie's Gran's first name?
(a) Margie.
(b) Marguerite.
(c) Marie.
(d) Maggie.

4. Where did Hugh meet his future wife?
(a) In college.
(b) At a book group.
(c) On a boat.
(d) At the theater.

5. What did Mrs. Drake do for Jamie in exchange for his doing odd jobs around her house?
(a) Cooked him hot meals.
(b) Paid his tuition.
(c) Read books to him.
(d) Bought his bus tickets.

6. What word best describes Jamie's childhood in his mind?
(a) Dark.
(b) Foggy.
(c) Misty.
(d) Brilliant.

7. Why is Granda still angry with Jamie?
(a) He quit a good job.
(b) He quit school.
(c) He married too early.
(d) He left home.

8. Granda tells tales of __________________ to Jamie.
(a) Gran's cooking.
(b) Old girlfriends.
(c) Past projects.
(d) The war.

9. Which of the following does NOT describe Gran's home?
(a) Cluttered.
(b) Clean.
(c) Orderly.
(d) Tidy.

10. What method of transportation is Jamie taking to depart?
(a) A boat.
(b) A plane.
(c) A train.
(d) A car.

11. What does Granda insist that Jamie do?
(a) Read the Bible.
(b) Leave and never come back.
(c) Stay by his bedside.
(d) Make coffee.

12. Where does Mrs. Drake encourage Jamie to go when he gets to his new town?
(a) The hotel.
(b) The school.
(c) The church.
(d) The library.

13. Where did Hugh's mother, Famie, sometimes stay?
(a) A friend's home.
(b) A bed and breakfast.
(c) A university.
(d) A mental hospital.

14. What is NOT mentioned as being a part of Gran's bedroom?
(a) Chintz curtains.
(b) A Bible.
(c) Books and articles.
(d) Little flowers.

15. Where does Jamie suggest he should stay?
(a) With Granda Hugh and Gran Margie.
(b) With Mrs. Drake.
(c) With his teacher.
(d) With his uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do Granda Hugh and Gran Margaret NOT know much about?

2. Why does Jamie tell his mother he cannot walk one morning?

3. Part 1, Chapter 3 covers whose early years?

4. How did German troops spot Thomas division, killing the men?

5. Who particularly enraged Famie during the war?

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