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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is there for lunch the first time Daisy meets Aunt Penn?
(a) Fried potatoes and sliced tomatoes.
(b) Meat, bread and chips.
(c) Peas and cornbread.
(d) Soup, cheese and bread.

2. What does Major McEvoy say was one of the first things to be taken over by the enemy?
(a) Petrol.
(b) Trains and planes.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Food.

3. Why does the family keep animals, according to Osbert?
(a) For protection.
(b) For decoration.
(c) For showing in the fair.
(d) For food in case of a shortage during the war.

4. Where is Aunt Penn going in Chapter 4?
(a) New York.
(b) She doesn't say.
(c) Oslo.
(d) London.

5. What is the food Daisy eats because Edmond asks her to?
(a) Liver.
(b) Broccoli.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Bacon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edmond do sometimes to get away from Gin?

2. How often do the trucks leave food for the family after the beginning of the smallpox epidemic?

3. Who wrote the two letters Daisy receives in Chapter 7?

4. What does Mrs. McEvoy say about Piper?

5. What does Piper say she'd always thought her sister would be named?

(see the answer key)

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