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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. How many packets of food does the narrator eat after supper in Chapter 3?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. In Chapter 5, what are Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator using to make jam?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Rhubarb.
(c) Gooseberries.
(d) Plums.

3. What does Mr. Kinsella suggest that the narrator do before they go to town in Chapter 5?
(a) Get her jacket.
(b) Wash her hands and face.
(c) Comb her hair.
(d) Have a snack.

4. In Chapter 3, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator make that has to be kept cold?
(a) Ice cubes.
(b) Cream.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Butter.

5. In Chapter 3, what do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator eat after supper?
(a) Weetabix.
(b) Flahavan's
(c) Ready Brek.
(d) Shreddies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator wearing at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. Where do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator drag the mattress in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 3, how does Mrs. Kinsella clean the narrator's ears?

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

5. In Chapter 5 when the Kinsellas and narrator come to the house where the wake is being held, how many men are smoking and leaning against a wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator call Mr. Kinsella in Chapter 3, and how does he react?

2. What does Mr. Kinsella do when he takes a break in Chapter 3?

3. What clothes does Mrs. Kinsella buy the narrator in Gorey?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. In Chapter 4, what does the narrator keep waiting for?

9. In Chapter 3, what does the narrator notice on the news?

10. What can the narrator hear sometimes after she is in bed?

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