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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Mrs. Kinsella send home with the narrator's father?
(a) Rhubarb.
(b) Beans.
(c) Peas.
(d) Corn.

2. What village do the narrator and her father drive through in Chapter 1?
(a) Shillelagh.
(b) Gorey.
(c) New Ross.
(d) Enniscorthy.

3. Where does the narrator comment that the man who won what her father lost in a game of 45 sold the object?
(a) Rosslare.
(b) Blackwater.
(c) Kilmore Quay.
(d) Carnew.

4. In Chapter 1, why is the narrator feeling bad when her father leaves?
(a) She feels homesick.
(b) She wishes her mother had come.
(c) He does not say goodbye.
(d) She wishes her sister had come.

5. In Chapter 2, what temperature is the well water?
(a) Hot from the sun.
(b) Ice cold.
(c) Cool.
(d) Slightly warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what is the weather like when the narrator and her father go for a drive?

2. What does Mrs. Kinsella fill an enamel jug with in Chapter 1?

3. What type are the fences around the Kinsella's fields?

4. What does Mr. Kinsella put on a saucer in Chapter 1?

5. What type of bucket does Mrs. Kinsella grab before taking the narrator to the fields in Chapter 2?

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