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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James allow his wife to do, which he had previously forbidden, thinking it will benefit their child?
(a) Write to her mother.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Attend church services.
(d) Play the piano.

2. Which of the Piper family members create a family tree to show the generations who lived before them?
(a) Lily.
(b) Frances.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) James.

3. How old is Leo Taylor when he is hired by James to drive Kathleen to and from school?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

4. What is the first sentence of the novel, "Fall on Your Knees"?
(a) "They're all gone now."
(b) "They're all dead now."
(c) "Nobody knows where they went."
(d) "Everybody's in Heaven, leaving me in Hell."

5. Which of the following is NOT an object Frances proposed using as rosary beads when a proper rosary wasn't present?
(a) Clouds in the sky.
(b) Mouse turds.
(c) Dots on a newspaper.
(d) Freckles.

6. What type of town is the town where the Piper family lives?
(a) A historic town.
(b) A mining town.
(c) A ghost town.
(d) A shopping town.

7. What is the name of James's cousin, he sends Kathleen to live with in New York?
(a) Giles.
(b) Wiles.
(c) Riles.
(d) Miles.

8. Where does James hope to send Kathleen to school when he returns home from the war?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Halifax.
(c) New York University.
(d) Cambridge.

9. After Kathleen was born, where did Materia find work as a piano player?
(a) At the Baptist church.
(b) At a nearby French restaurant.
(c) At the Empire Theatre.
(d) At the elementary school.

10. What is the gender of Kathleen's baby?
(a) She gives birth to a girl.
(b) She gives birth to a boy and a girl.
(c) She gives birth to a hermaphrodite.
(d) She gives birth to a boy.

11. What color is the Piper family house?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

12. How does James feel about his first-born child?
(a) He wants nothing to do with her.
(b) He is obsessed with her.
(c) He is apathetic toward her and simply provides for his family.
(d) He admires her from a distance.

13. When Mercedes remembers the incident at the river, what did she think Frances was bathing?
(a) Kittens.
(b) Baby goats.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Puppies.

14. What is the name of the city where the Piper family lives?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) New Waterford.
(c) West Minster.
(d) Alabaster Cove.

15. Who takes the blame for moving the rocks around Ambrose's grave?
(a) All of the Piper girls take the blame.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) Lily.
(d) Frances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which regiment does James join when he is shipped out to war?

2. Who teaches Frances how to read?

3. How does Kathleen's accompanist feel about Kathleen's voice?

4. What does Mercedes do in the hopes of repairing her family's name in the community?

5. How often does Kathleen write home, after moving to New York?

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