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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the door of the house where the wake is being held in Chapter 5?
(a) Black wreath.
(b) Black streamer.
(c) Black ribbon.
(d) Black bow.

2. Where does Mr. Kinsella take the narrator after the wake in Chapter 5?
(a) Well.
(b) Beach.
(c) Barn.
(d) Yard.

3. Where does Mr. Kinsella want to go to get the narrator clothes in Chapter 5?
(a) Ballymoney.
(b) Kittennel.
(c) Courtown.
(d) Gorey.

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

5. When the narrator walks with the Kinsellas in Chapter 5, what dog comes barking outside a cottage?
(a) White.
(b) Black and tan.
(c) Brown and white.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color socks does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator?

3. What machine does Mrs. Kinsella show the narrator that she has not seen before?

4. What does Mr. Kinsella make for everyone to drink when he comes in for a break in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 5, what are Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator using to make jam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Kinsella fix for breakfast in Chapter 3?

2. What does Mr. Kinsella tell the narrator when he takes her to the beach at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What does the narrator buy at the sweet shop?

4. One evening after the narrator is in bed, what happens when it is noisy in Chapter 4, and Mrs. Kinsella brings the narrator downstairs?

5. In Chapter 3, why does Mr. Kinsella have the narrator run?

6. Why does Mr. Kinsella think it is time to buy the narrator some clothes?

7. What does Mr. Kinsella give the narrator when they give to town, and what conversation do he and Mrs. Kinsella have about his gift?

8. What card does the narrator pick out at a gift gallery and why?

9. In Chapter 5, what does Mr. Kinsella tell the narrator to do before they go to town, and what does she think about what he says?

10. What conversation do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella have about the dirt in her ears in Chapter 3?

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