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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Alex when her aunt Marla got married?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

2. In Chapter 17, what material did Bertha use to tie a new knot around Alex's wrist?
(a) Yarn.
(b) Hemp.
(c) Cotton string.
(d) Leather cord.

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

4. When activists invaded a secretive House Subcommittee on Compensation and Resolution in January 1956, where did reports of the standoff appear in the newspaper?
(a) National News pages.
(b) Front Page.
(c) Style and Fashion Pages.
(d) Weather and Comics pages.

5. 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) Mack Peters.
(b) Martin Larson.
(c) Earl Kotke.
(d) Bob Rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color chair did Alex have when she sat at the dining table with the adults when she was a chid?

2. In June 1957, where was Dr. Gantz living when he was arrested by the police?

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

4. What grade was Alex in when the Mass Dragoning occurred?

5. How many inches did Bertha have to cut off the legs of Marla's old coveralls when she wore them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to a group of Girl Guides who went on a scouting expedition into the Everglades?

2. Why was Alex forbidden to see Sonja?

3. When did Professor Gantz witness a dragoning and what was it like?

4. What was reported about Marya Tilman's dragoning?

5. How was Alex's aunt Marla different from most women of the time?

6. Who was Sonja Blomgren?

7. What conversation did Alex and Aunt Marla have three days before the dragoning?

8. What was Alex's experience when she met a dragon, and what did she learn from the experience?

9. How did George feel when Bertha started gardening?

10. What was the house like where Sonja and her grandparents lived?

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