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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 many days before the Mass Dragoning, did Marla visit Alex and her family for the last time?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.
2. When did Dr. Gantz testify in 1960 before the House Committee on Un-American Activities?
(a) January 19.
(b) February 27.
(c) March 12.
(d) April 19.
3. How old was Beatrice when she said she wanted to change into a dragon?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.
4. 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) 5 years.
(c) Almost 3 years.
(d) Not quite 4 years.
5. What was the name of Alex's teacher in 1955?
(a) Sister Mary Anne.
(b) Sister Margareta.
(c) Sister Janet.
(d) Sister Louise Clarie.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of Alex's eight grade English teacher?
2. How many inches did Bertha have to cut off the legs of Marla's old coveralls when she wore them?
3. What grade was Alex in when the Mass Dragoning occurred?
4. When Bertha's great-great-grandmother emigrated from Ireland, how many generations of knots were contained in the sash she wore around her waist?
5. On New Year's Eve, 1959, at how many separate holiday parties across the U.S. were reported dragonings?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is known about the Mass Dragoning?
2. What was reported about Marya Tilman's dragoning?
3. Why did Bertha start sleeping in Alex and Beatrice's room?
4. Where did Alex and Beatrice live after their mother died and why?
5. How did George feel when Bertha started gardening?
6. What was Alex and the other girls in her fifth grade class told when Dr. Angus Ferguson came to their class to talk about changes?
7. How was Alex's aunt Marla different from most women of the time?
8. When did Professor Gantz witness a dragoning and what was it like?
9. What information was disseminated about the Mass Dragoning of 1955?
10. Why was Alex forbidden to see Sonja?
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