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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relative is scheduled to join them on their holiday in Whitby?

2. What chore is Rachel doing at the beginning of Footnote (iv)?

3. Who was Rachel?

4. Who comes to take Ruby home?

5. What relation is Alice Barker to Bunty?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ruby received when she returns home?

2. What made Nell cry on her honeymoon?

3. How do the girls spend the first day of Bunty's disappearance?

4. What mystery surrounding Lillian is revealed at the end of Footnote (ii)?

5. What happens to Ruby in the back yard during the party?

6. How is Bunty treated at Sunday School after missing the outing?

7. How does the narrator feel about the night nursery in the hospital?

8. What does Ruby witness their last morning on holiday that she probably shouldn't have?

9. What happens to Gillian after the pantomime?

10. Describe Mrs. Carter.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kate Atkinson has said that this novel is about cupboards. How is that so?

Essay Topic 2

Choose at least two of the main conflicts of "Behind the Scenes at the Museum" and discuss their development through the novel. Which characters are involved? How are they resolved? What commentary is Atkinson making through them?

Essay Topic 3

How does the phrase "Your sister says not to worry" recur throughout the novel and what is its significance?

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