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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the names of woman who wrote letters that Marla left with Alex?
(a) Clara, Jeanne, and Edith.
(b) Linda, Patricia, and Deborah.
(c) Sandra, Brenda, and Elizabeth.
(d) Karen, Nancy, and Cynthia.

2. Where did Bertha begin sleeping in Chapter 14?
(a) Alex and Beatrice's room.
(b) Living room couch.
(c) Attic.
(d) Sleeping porch.

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

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

5. What grade was Alex in when she got her first period?
(a) 7th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 6th.

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

7. After George put Alex and Beatrice in an apartment on their own, how long was it before Alex saw her father again?
(a) 2 years.
(b) Almost 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) Not quite 4 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) 1958.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1957.

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

10. How old was Beatrice the summer before Alex started high school?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

11. How many American women became dragons in 1955?
(a) 28,314.
(b) 642,987.
(c) 397,635.
(d) 80,764.

12. In the summer of 1957, how many Girl Guides went on a two-week scouting expedition into the Everglades?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

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

14. What color chair did Alex have when she sat at the dining table with the adults when she was a chid?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

15. After Bertha's cancer returned and George took her to the hospital, how many nights were Beatrice and Alex on their own?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Alex's aunt Marla's occupation?

2. What were the names of the girls who helped Alex when she got her first period?

3. By the time Alex was finishing seventh grade, how much of the backyard at her home was garden?

4. What was the name of Alex's teacher in 1955?

5. 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?

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