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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers and sisters does Fiona have?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) None. She is an only child.

2. Who asks Father Ralph to check on Frank's condition?
(a) Paddy.
(b) Jims.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Meggie.

3. Why does Meggie's friend's family leave town?
(a) Paddy runs them out of town in disgrace.
(b) The children are not successful in school.
(c) Her father finds a new job.
(d) Their farm is taken by the bank.

4. What does Fiona neglect to tell Meggie?
(a) How to find a boyfriend.
(b) The mechanics of the female body.
(c) That Frank is her half-brother.
(d) What really happened to Hal.

5. What does Fiona discover while packing?
(a) Mary's first will.
(b) A news article about Frank.
(c) Meggie's diary.
(d) A poem that Meggie wrote about Hal.

6. Where do the Cleary children attend school?
(a) Wahine Elementary.
(b) Lord of the Outback Elementary.
(c) The corner school.
(d) Sacred Heart Convent School.

7. What attacks Stuart?
(a) A python.
(b) A bear.
(c) A wild boar.
(d) A dingo.

8. Which character says that Frank is no better than the one who fathered him?
(a) Paddy.
(b) Mary Carson.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Ralph.

9. What does Mary Carson do before the event that she plans?
(a) Talks to Paddy about Meggie.
(b) Pens a new will.
(c) Consults with a caterer to make sure the food is perfect.
(d) Takes a trip to town.

10. What is one thing that Fiona never does?
(a) Questions Paddy's authority.
(b) Converts to Catholicism.
(c) Attends church on Sunday mornings.
(d) Supports her children in their schooling.

11. With the exception of Meggie, what is the family's attitude toward Fiona's latest pregnancy?
(a) Worry for Fiona's health.
(b) Welcoming - someone to eventually help out in the fields.
(c) Anger at another mouth to feed.
(d) Embarrassment.

12. What color is Meggie's party dress?
(a) Delicate pinkish color, called "ashes of roses."
(b) Mint green.
(c) Cherry red.
(d) Orange.

13. What essential part of the house is still found outside at Drogheda?
(a) A bathtub.
(b) A water heater.
(c) The privy.
(d) The kitchen.

14. Where is Fiona's family from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) England.
(d) China.

15. What does Frank do after he hears reports about him and Paddy?
(a) Opens his own blacksmith shop.
(b) Leaves Gillanbone.
(c) Confides in Ralph.
(d) Marries the neighbor girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mary Carson prefer to remain a widow?

2. What strikes the dead gum tree and starts the fire?

3. Who dotes on Jims and Patsy?

4. Who does Paddy work for before his marriage?

5. Where is Paddy when the big storm strikes?

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