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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The girl remembers a vacation to the location in #47 where she had _____________ for dinner every night.
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Lobster.
(c) Steak.
(d) Chicken.

2. Which magazine shows images from the war?
(a) Look.
(b) Time.
(c) Life.
(d) Newsweek.

3. The boy often fantasizes about ______________________.
(a) being a pirate.
(b) going to the moon.
(c) playing baseball.
(d) having a Coca-Cola.

4. What does the boy say that his father is fond of?
(a) Nice suits.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Baseball games.
(d) His pipe.

5. Why can the girl not eat the oranges on the train?
(a) They are moldy.
(b) She has motion sickness.
(c) Her mother won't allow it.
(d) She does not like oranges.

6. What had the person in #86 given to the boy when he left home?
(a) A book.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A feather.
(d) A blue stone.

7. What does the girl's brother want to be when he grows up?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) An astronaut.
(c) A professor.
(d) A jockey.

8. What month is it as the girl, her brother and mother are on a train?
(a) June 1945.
(b) September 1942.
(c) March 1943.
(d) December 1941.

9. The girl and boy work together on a drawing of __________________.
(a) their school.
(b) their father.
(c) their cat.
(d) their house.

10. What season is it when the story begins?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

11. In which city do the passengers disembark from the train?
(a) Butte, Montana.
(b) Delta, Utah.
(c) Portland, Oregon.
(d) Lenexa, Kansas.

12. What did the family live in while at the Tanforan Racetrack?
(a) Tent.
(b) Shed.
(c) Horse stall.
(d) Trailer.

13. What does the woman fix for dinner?
(a) Pork.
(b) Stew.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Steak.

14. The children and their mother live in a single room in ___________________.
(a) a tar-papered barracks.
(b) a dormitory.
(c) a convention center.
(d) an old motel.

15. What does the girl throw out the train window?
(a) Ribbon.
(b) Lemon.
(c) Book.
(d) Cup.

Short Answer Questions

1. The girl tells the man in #42 that her father is being held in which state?

2. Who was the boy's next door friend back home?

3. What item does the woman search for in town but all the stores are sold out?

4. Who is the man with whom the girl talks while waiting in line for the restroom?

5. What is the family preparing to do as the story begins?

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