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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Molly's foster father?
(a) George.
(b) Paul.
(c) Henry.
(d) Ralph.

2. Where had Vivan and her husband owned a department store before moving to the Northeast?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Kansas.

3. What is the name of Jack's mother in the novel?
(a) Dina.
(b) Terry.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Marie.

4. How old was Molly when her father died?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

5. What is Molly's favorite novel that she attempted to steal?
(a) The Old Man and the Sea.
(b) Anne of Green Gables.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) Jane Eyre.

6. Where is Vivian when she is adopted by the Byrnes?
(a) Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(b) Topeka, Kansas.
(c) Cheyenne, Wyoming.
(d) Albans, Minnesota.

7. Who is the author of the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" that Vivian recites in Section 2?
(a) John Keats.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Percy Shelley.
(d) Walt Whitman.

8. Where did Molly live before she went into foster care?
(a) Indian Island, Maine.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Minneapolis, Minnesota.

9. How old does Vivian say she was when her parents died in the Prologue?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 14.

10. According to Molly's American History teacher, what percentage of English settlers came to America as indentured servants in the seventeenth century?
(a) One half.
(b) One third.
(c) Two thirds.
(d) One fourth.

11. What is Mrs. Byrne's first name?
(a) Lois.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Marie.
(d) Anne.

12. What does Mrs. Byrne say "is one of the most important qualities a young lady can possess" when she introduces her to the clothing factory in Section 2?
(a) Propriety.
(b) Polite manners.
(c) Self-discipline.
(d) Business-sense.

13. What grade was Molly in when she transferred to Mount Desert Island High School?
(a) Seventh grade.
(b) Tenth grade.
(c) Twelfth grade.
(d) Eleventh grade.

14. Before fostering Molly, her foster parents fostered a boy that attempted committing what crime?
(a) Stealing the family car.
(b) Murder.
(c) Armed robbery.
(d) Setting the elementary school on fire.

15. What grade does Vivian say she was in school when she was orphaned?
(a) Sixth grade.
(b) Second grade.
(c) Fourth grade.
(d) Third grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the baby that Vivian is in charge of caring for on the orphan train in 1929?

2. In what year is the contemporary narrative of Orphan Train set?

3. What does Molly say turtles represent to the people of her culture?

4. Who is the woman that oversees the children on the orphan train in 1929?

5. What is Vivian's last name in the novel?

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