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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Alex's mother been gone when she met her first dragon?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

2. What flowers did Alex's mother plant at their house?
(a) Irises and dahlias.
(b) Marigolds and roses.
(c) Peonies and tulips.
(d) Hydrangeas and lilies.

3. What was the name of Marla's co-worker who remembered how she took a family photo of Alex, Bertha, and Beatrice, out of the frame and put it in the pocket?
(a) Bob Rivers.
(b) Earl Kotke.
(c) Martin Larson.
(d) Mack Peters.

4. Where did Alex live in Chapter 5?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Michigan.

5. When did Dr. Gantz testify in 1960 before the House Committee on Un-American Activities?
(a) March 12.
(b) April 19.
(c) February 27.
(d) January 19.

6. Where was Queen Dido from?
(a) Tyre.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Utica.
(d) Carthage.

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

8. Over how many months did a special curriculum about the Mass Dragoning distributed by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, undergo major revisions?
(a) 18.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6.
(d) 3 years.

9. At the end of Chapter 4, how long was Alex's uncle gone on a bender?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) A week.
(d) 4 days.

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

11. How many female switchboard operators disappeared on the job in Manhattan in 1952?
(a) 25.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

12. What should Bertha have received an honors distinction for when she graduated from college?
(a) Botany.
(b) Biology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Mathmatics.

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

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

15. When did Bertha die?
(a) July 24, 1961.
(b) May 11, 1961.
(c) June 5, 1961.
(d) August 3, 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bertha remakes Alex's old school uniforms for Beatrice, how much does the dress have to be shortened?

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

3. In Chapter 17, what material did Bertha use to tie a new knot around Alex's wrist?

4. 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?

5. How many days after Professor Gantz wrote A Brief History of Dragons, were all but one copy of the book destroyed?

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