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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nell's job after the war begins?
(a) Schoolteacher.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Conducting a tram.
(d) Making uniforms.

2. What chore does George suggest Ruby can do that Bunty refuses to let her?
(a) Setting the table.
(b) Making tea.
(c) Grating nutmeg.
(d) Peeling potatoes.

3. What alternate caretaker does Ruby wish for?
(a) Mary Poppins.
(b) A fairy.
(c) Nana, the dog from "Peter Pan."
(d) Margot Fonteyn.

4. Who was Rachel?
(a) Bunty's stepmother.
(b) Bunty's sister.
(c) Bunty's grandmother.
(d) Bunty's mother's stepmother.

5. What chore is Alice doing in Footnote (i)?
(a) Mending socks.
(b) Sweeping the floor.
(c) Baking bread.
(d) Hanging laundry outside to dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the book Ruby gets on their daytrip to Glencoe?

2. What does the narrator's mother make for breakfast the morning after her conception?

3. What does Ruby find in her mother's bedside table?

4. What kills Frederick Barker?

5. What does Patricia tell Ruby to tell George is wrong with her?

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