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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What date does Miss Smith give for Ada's birthday in Chapter 19?
(a) May 12, 1929.
(b) March 11, 1930.
(c) April 5, 1929.
(d) June 3, 1930.

2. In Chapter 3, what does Ada take from her mother?
(a) Dress.
(b) Hat.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Jacket.

3. What is Margaret's brother Jonathan doing for the war in Chapter 15?
(a) Learning to fly planes.
(b) Medic.
(c) Going to officer's training.
(d) Training recruits.

4. What does Miss Smith serve for dinner in Chapter 10?
(a) Cheese sandwiches.
(b) Fried chicken.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Soup.

5. In Chapter 5, how many school children are on the train that Ada and Jamie are riding?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 250.
(d) 75.

6. In Chapter 4, what does Jamie say that he used to play at St. Mary's?
(a) Red Rover.
(b) Tag.
(c) Hide and seek.
(d) Leapfrog.

7. What is Miss Smith leaving off from in Chapter 9?
(a) Job as a writer.
(b) An inheritance.
(c) Sale of Becky's Hunters.
(d) Sale of Becky's jewelry.

8. In Chapter 14, how does Ada say that Miss Smith fixes her hair?
(a) A ponytail.
(b) Two braids.
(c) A single braid.
(d) Pig tails.

9. Whose birthdate is the date that Miss Smith uses for Jamie's birthday?
(a) A favorite uncle's.
(b) Her oldest brother's.
(c) Her youngest brother's.
(d) Her father's.

10. In Chapter 16, how is Maggie feeling?
(a) Sick to her stomach.
(b) Has a headache.
(c) Headache and stomachache.
(d) In pain.

11. How old is Ada at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

12. In Chapter 6, when Ada and Jamie are taken to a house, what color is the door?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

13. In Chapter 4, what does Ada see a girl doing outside the train window?
(a) Driving a cart.
(b) Riding a bicycle.
(c) Jumping rope.
(d) Riding a pony.

14. What month is it in Chapter 2?
(a) May.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) June.

15. How did Becky die?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Flu.
(d) Scarlet fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does Miss Smith say that most children have to leave school to work?

2. What type of plane does Jamie think crashes in Chapter 17?

3. What is the year when Ada's story begins?

4. Who is the only person who says she will take Jamie?

5. In Chapter 11, what day does Miss Smith not get out of bed?

(see the answer keys)

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