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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 do the teenagers notice about Jamie?
(a) His accent.
(b) His designer luggage.
(c) His haircut.
(d) His clothes.

2. Why is Jamie returning home in Part 1, Chapter 2?
(a) To visit his dying Granda.
(b) To get married.
(c) To attend a class reunion.
(d) To settle a will.

3. Where are Jamie and his parents going?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Italy.

4. In what country has Jamie been living?
(a) Wales.
(b) England.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

5. What did Famie eventually become in Scotland?
(a) A war heroine.
(b) A builder of the labor party.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) A martyr.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Jamie NOT get when he moves in with his grandparents?

3. How old is Jamie Bawn at the beginning of the story?

4. Who particularly enraged Famie during the war?

5. What is Jamie's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jamie note about his grandfather's buildings as he returns home?

2. Describe how Famie became a political figure and advocate for a rent strikes movement.

3. How did Hugh earn the name of "Mr. Housing?"

4. Explain how the war and being a single parent seemed to change Famie.

5. Where is Jamie Bawn going with his parents as Part 1, Chapter 1 begins?

6. Describe the incident of Jamie's father keeping watch in the bushes with a knife.

7. What has Mrs. Drake given Jamie before he leaves on his trip?

8. What is life like for Jamie at Granda Hugh and Gran Margie's house?

9. Which character's story is revealed in Part 1, Chapter 3?

10. Describe Granda Hugh as Jamie sees him for the first time in ten years.

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