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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first of the seamstresses that Mrs. Byrne lets go from employment after the stock market crash?
(a) Fanny.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sally.
(d) Beth.

2. What is the name of the boarding house where Miss Larsen lives in 1930?
(a) The White Horse Tavern.
(b) Hemingford Home for Young Ladies.
(c) Washington Heights Home for Young Women.
(d) Mrs. Slattery's Rooming House.

3. How old is Vivian when Mrs. Nielsen finds a pack of cigarettes in her purse?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

4. What month is it when everyone in the Grote family comes down with lice in 1930?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) April.

5. Who is the driver that picks Miss Larsen and Vivian up after school to take them to the boarding house?
(a) Mr. Yates.
(b) Mr. Reed.
(c) Mr. Sorenson.
(d) Mr. Grote.

6. How far does Vivian walk from the Grotes' home to the schoolhouse after she's been kicked out?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 4 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

7. What is Mrs. Grote's first name in the novel?
(a) Mary.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Emily.
(d) Wilma.

8. What is the name of the Grotes' youngest baby that Vivian begins caring for upon her arrival at their home?
(a) Trinity.
(b) Nettie.
(c) Paula.
(d) Missy.

9. What does Vivian's teacher give to her for her birthday in 1930?
(a) Potato cake.
(b) Currant bread.
(c) Rum cake.
(d) Banana bread.

10. What Christian denomination are the Nielsens?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Episcopalian.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Catholic.

11. What is the name of the maid at the Nielsens' home?
(a) Terry.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Bess.

12. What was Vivian's sister Maisie's name changed to after she was adopted?
(a) Margaret Schatzman.
(b) Wilma Jackson.
(c) Sarah Pennington.
(d) Mary Schatzman.

13. When does Vivian tell Mrs. Nielsen her birthday is while they decorate for Christmas in Section 4?
(a) April 21.
(b) March 13.
(c) June 2.
(d) July 7.

14. What word does Molly's American History teacher describe as "moments in [people's] lives when they've had to take a journey, literal or metaphorical"?
(a) Debris.
(b) Muttons.
(c) Portages.
(d) Testamentaries.

15. What does the narrator describe as "Ralph's favorite activity" in Section 4?
(a) Reading.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Working in the yard.
(d) Watching game shows.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Mrs. Grote due to have a baby in 1930?

2. What high school did Molly transfer from last year to the one she's at now?

3. What Shakespearean play does Vivian quote when she says, "Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?"

4. What kind of animal does Lori remind Molly of, according to the narrator in Section 3?

5. How is the Nielsens' home described when Vivian first arrives there?

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