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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did a priest by the name of Aengus travel to the Kilpatrick fishing village on the island of Rathlan?
(a) 785 AD.
(b) 1012 AD.
(c) 1311 AD.
(d) 810 AD.

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

5. How many photos of Sonja's parents were there at her grandparent's house?
(a) 5.
(b) Half a dozen.
(c) Dozens.
(d) 1.

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

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

8. How old was Alex when she first met a dragon?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

9. 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.

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

11. Who was the first girl in Alex's class in Chapter 11 to start her period?
(a) Mary Frances.
(b) Mary Elizabeth.
(c) Theresa.
(d) Cecilia.

12. On the day of the dragoning, what time did Marla tells her co-workers to take anything of hers and tell them she was not coming back?
(a) After noon.
(b) Around 1 p.m.
(c) 3:05 p.m.
(d) 2:15 p.m.

13. How many days after Professor Gantz wrote A Brief History of Dragons, were all but one copy of the book destroyed?
(a) 90.
(b) 60.
(c) 15.
(d) 3.

14. When Bertha remakes Alex's old school uniforms for Beatrice, how much does the dress have to be shortened?
(a) 1/2 inch.
(b) 3/4 inch.
(c) 2 inches.
(d) 3 inches.

15. 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) 1958.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1957.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bertha's great-great-grandmother emigrated from Ireland, how many generations of knots were contained in the sash she wore around her waist?

2. What type of factory was destroyed by fire only weeks after the end of World WarIi and was thought to be a dragoning?

3. Over how many months did a special curriculum about the Mass Dragoning distributed by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, undergo major revisions?

4. What were the names of woman who wrote letters that Marla left with Alex?

5. How many female switchboard operators disappeared on the job in Manhattan in 1952?

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