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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was a teenage boy who accompanied the Girl Guides on a scouting expedition into the Everglades?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

2. Who did Dr. Henry Gantz witness transform into a dragon?
(a) Mrs. Robert Davidson.
(b) Mrs. William Andrews.
(c) Mrs. Norbert Donahue.
(d) Mrs. Charles Smythe.

3. What was the name of Alex's eight grade English teacher?
(a) Sister. Gerardine.
(b) Sister Assumpta.
(c) Sister Claudine.
(d) Sister Angelica.

4. What grade was Alex in when a doctor came to speak to her class in Chapter 11 about feminine health?
(a) 8th.
(b) 4th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 5th.

5. In 1960, where did Dr. Gantz wish to attend a scientific conference?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Havana.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Prague.

6. Where did Bertha work when she graduated from college?
(a) Accounting firm.
(b) Law firm.
(c) Engineering firm.
(d) Bank.

7. How long after the Mass Dragoning of 1955 did Alex's mother die?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 6 years.

8. When did Black female employees of a fishery in Alabama strike for fair wages, safer conditions, and an end to racist abuse?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1960.

9. Where was the young wife of a former officer in the European Theater during World War II living when she disappeared from a park where her children were playing?
(a) Cody, Wyoming.
(b) Enigma Georgia.
(c) Kalamazoo, Michigan.
(d) Derry, Maine.

10. How old was Alex when her father got an apartment for her and Beatrice?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

11. By the time Alex was finishing seventh grade, how much of the backyard at her home was garden?
(a) Not quite 3/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) Nearly 2/3.

12. When did the Mass Dragoning or Day of Missing Mothers occur?
(a) April 25, 1955.
(b) May 11, 1955.
(c) March 9, 1955.
(d) June 27, 1955.

13. What was Alex's aunt Marla's occupation?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Teacher.

14. How many days before the Mass Dragoning, did Marla visit Alex and her family for the last time?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. How long after Alex's mother died did she and Beatrice meet Miss Olson?
(a) A month.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Bertha's cancer returned and George took her to the hospital, how many nights were Beatrice and Alex on their own?

2. Where did Alex live in Chapter 5?

3. How old was Beatrice the summer before Alex started high school?

4. What was the name of the doctor who came to speak to Alex's class about feminine health?

5. What grade was Alex in when she got her first period?

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