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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ada write a letter to in Chapter 33?

2. In Chapter 32, when does rationing begin?

3. In Chapter 34, what film does Ada say that Susan took her and Jamie to see?

4. In Chapter 36, how many men does Ada say were trapped at Dunkirk?

5. In Chapter 27, what does Susan make out of an old tweed skirt that used to be Becky's?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 38, why does Ada not like the bomb shelter, and how does Susan try to help?

2. How do Jamie, Ada, and Susan spend their nights in the shelter in Chapter 39?

3. In Chapter 36, how does Ada help the soldiers and who helps her?

4. What does Dr. Graham tell Ada about the operation she might have to fix her foot?

5. What happens to the "Royal Oak" in Chapter 23?

6. Why are the village children evacuated in Chapter 37?

7. What alarms Ada at the beginning of winter in Chapter 28?

8. How does Ada describe the ocean when she sees it in Chapter 22?

9. Why does Ada hide under a bed after breaking the sewing machine?

10. How does Ada get wool to make presents in Chapter 30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Susan tells Ada that there are different types of truth in Chapter 46? What different types of truth are there? What does Susan mean by that statement?

Essay Topic 2

When Ada breaks the sewing machine, she is terrified and goes to hide under a bed. How does Ada punish herself in that situation? How often does Ada use self-punishment for imagined wrongs that she does and why? How does she finally learn to deal with her mistakes without punishing herself?

Essay Topic 3

Many chapters in the novel give a hint of an event to come. Do those hints cause suspense or are they spoilers that ruin the suspense of what is going to happen next? Why?

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