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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of plants are growing near Mildred's front door?
(a) Flax flowers.
(b) Shamrocks.
(c) Red hot pokers.
(d) Bluebells.

2. What color dress does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?
(a) Lilac.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Mauve.
(d) Pink.

3. In Chapter 5, how many times does the narrator remember holding her father's hand?
(a) 3.
(b) None.
(c) 1.
(d) 4 or 5.

4. In Chapter 4, where do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella weed?
(a) Flower beds.
(b) Garden.
(c) Around the front walk.
(d) Around the front steps.

5. What does the card look like that the narrator picks out for her mother's birthday?
(a) Cat sitting in front of a bed of dahlias.
(b) Dog sitting in a field.
(c) Bouquet of roses.
(d) Bouquet of daisies and tulips.

6. What is the narrator wearing at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Brown trousers and a yellow shirt.
(b) Brown trousers and a white shirt.
(c) Navy-blue trousers and a blue shirt.
(d) Navy-blue trousers and a plaid shirt.

7. After Mrs. Kinsella cleans the narrator's ears in Chapter 3, what does she tell the girl could have grown in the dirt?
(a) Geranium.
(b) Daisies.
(c) African violet.
(d) Ivy.

8. In Chapter 3, how many letters come in the mail?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

9. In Chapter 3, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator make?
(a) Coleslaw and 2 loaves.
(b) Salad and loaves.
(c) Green bean casserole.
(d) Fruit salad and loaves.

10. What does Mr. Kinsella tell the narrator that women have a gift for?
(a) Eventualities.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Planning ahead.
(d) Kindness.

11. In Chapter 5, what bird does the narrator see on the window ledge?
(a) Robin.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Crow.
(d) Blue jay.

12. What is the name of the ass in Chapter 4?
(a) Billy.
(b) Davy.
(c) Casey.
(d) Marty.

13. In Chapter 5, whose grave does Mr. Kinsella have to help dig?
(a) Jonathan's.
(b) Andrew's.
(c) Michael's.
(d) William's.

14. How do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella scrub the mattress?
(a) Vinegar, baking soda, and hot water.
(b) Bleach and hot water.
(c) Detergent and hot water.
(d) Vinegar and hot water.

15. As the narrator walks with the Kinsellas in Chapter 5, what color does she see leaning up against a gate?
(a) Bay.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Chestnut.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Kinsella buy at the draper's?

2. What does the narrator sometimes hear people doing after she has gone to bed in Chapter 4?

3. What is on the door of the house where the wake is being held in Chapter 5?

4. What color trousers does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?

5. In Gorey, what are hanging in plastic nets?

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