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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. How old was Mae Horner's mother when she learned to read?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

2. What does Jim Horner trade for the dolls Alice brings his girls in Chapter 11?
(a) Head of a deer.
(b) Stuffed rabbit.
(c) Head of a stag.
(d) Stuffed ground squirrel.

3. How long does it take Alice to walk to Margery's in Chapter 11?
(a) An hour and 40 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) An hour and 25 minutes.

4. In Chapter 6, what did Beth promise to buy Bryn if he ran errands for her?
(a) Licorice.
(b) Peppermints.
(c) Lemon drops.
(d) Tootsie Rolls.

5. At the end of Chapter 6, who greeted Alice when she came home?
(a) Mr. Van Cleve.
(b) No one.
(c) Bennett.
(d) Annie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what did Alice leave for Jim Horner?

2. How many brothers does Beth Pinker have?

3. What type of car do the Van Cleves have?

4. In Chapter 4, how old did Margery remember her brother Jack was when her father slugged him and knocked out two teeth?

5. What is the date in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some gifts that the librarians get for Christmas?

2. What questions does Alice ask Pastor McIntosh in Chapter 13 that he cannot answer?

3. In Chapter 6, why did Alice no longer enjoy the weekly church dinners?

4. What might a librarian wear to keep warm in Chapter 14?

5. Where was the little blue book kept in Chapter 9 when someone was not reading it?

6. What did Kathleen Bligh ask Alice to do in Chapter 4, and what were the results?

7. In Chapter 11, what did Van Cleve do to Alice and why?

8. What does Margery tell Alice about a man hitting a woman in Chapter 12?

9. How did Margery learn to read?

10. In Chapter 9, why did Alice sleep in the dressing room?

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