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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. In Chapter 5 as the narrator walks with Mildred, what does she see growing in the ditches?
(a) Stinging nettles.
(b) Chamomile.
(c) Dandelions.
(d) Curly dock.

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

3. In Chapter 5, what color shells does the narrator find?
(a) Cream.
(b) White.
(c) Pink.
(d) Brown.

4. What do Mrs. Kinsella and the narrator dig in Chapter 3?
(a) New potatoes.
(b) Onions.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Radishes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Kinsella suggest that the narrator do before they go to town in Chapter 5?

2. How do the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella scrub the mattress?

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

4. What does the card look like that the narrator picks out for her mother's birthday?

5. Where does Mr. Kinsella want to go to get the narrator clothes in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how does the narrator describe a typical day?

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

6. In Chapter 3, how does the narrator help the woman around the house?

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. Who takes the narrator away from the wake, and what questions does the woman have?

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

10. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what are the narrator and Mrs. Kinsella doing when Mr. Kinsella comes in from the yard?

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