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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What traveling job does Luke take for six days a week?
(a) Sugar cane cutter.
(b) Sheep shearer.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Traveling school teacher.

2. Who dotes on Jims and Patsy?
(a) Father Ralph.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Mrs. Smith, the housekeeper
(d) Paddy.

3. What does Mary tell Ralph after she leaves her birthday party?
(a) To loan Paddy money.
(b) To leave the maids alone.
(c) That this will be her last party and she will choose her time to die.
(d) That he needs to be closer to the Cleary family to take care of them.

4. What event does Mary Carson plan?
(a) A coming out party for Meggie.
(b) A vacation for herself and Ralph.
(c) A party for her 72nd birthday.
(d) An outing for the entire Cleary family to Gillanbone.

5. What does the Cleary family not encounter at Drogheda?
(a) Snakes, birds, and kangaroos.
(b) Dust and flies.
(c) Oppressive heat.
(d) A forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two people or things is Ralph torn between?

2. How long did it take the Cleary family to arrive in Gillanbone?

3. What is Father Ralph's new role since the death of Mary Carson?

4. Which Cleary family members are allowed to be a part of this nationwide effort?

5. What does Meggie give to Father Ralph to remember her by?

(see the answer key)

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