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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 old was Alec's cousin Rose when a man named Billy Atkins liked to tease her?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

2. What color did Vera dye her hair after her mother died?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Pink.

3. What grade did Vera finish in school?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

4. How old was Earl when Vera joined the army?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

5. How old was Alec when he decided he needed to take on Billy Atkins?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month does Vera come back to Connaught with Daniel?

2. When does Vera remember that she met the housepainter she dated for a time?

3. How tall is Vera?

4. How many winters did Alec work cutting ice?

5. How old was Vera when she left home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the young man on the bus offer Vera, and how does Daniel interrupt?

2. When did Alec become a success and how?

3. When and where did Bob the housepainter propose to Vera, and how did he respond?

4. What caused Vera to hate her father?

5. Who are Vera and Daniel's fellow passengers on the bus in Chapter 2?

6. What arrangements are made for Vera and her son?

7. How does Vera meet Stanley?

8. What is the only change Alec has made to his house since Vera left, and why is it pink?

9. Why does Daniel like his grandfather?

10. What happened when Alec lost Earl during a Dominion Day celebration?

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