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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jamie's mother promise Jamie?
(a) That he can have a big birthday party.
(b) That he can have a bike for Christmas.
(c) That he will go to college.
(d) That they will leave Robert one day.

2. What do the teenagers question Jamie about?
(a) Where he bought his clothes.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) English ways versus Scottish ways.
(d) Professional sports.

3. Where did Hugh meet his future wife?
(a) At the theater.
(b) On a boat.
(c) In college.
(d) At a book group.

4. What is Jamie's father's name?
(a) Robert.
(b) Michael.
(c) William.
(d) Eric.

5. Which of the following was Hugh's father NOT good at?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Singing.
(d) Poetry.

6. What did Famie eventually become in Scotland?
(a) A nuisance.
(b) A martyr.
(c) A builder of the labor party.
(d) A war heroine.

7. With whom is Jamie traveling?
(a) Mrs. Drake.
(b) His parents.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His school class.

8. Which of the following do Granda Hugh and Gran Margaret NOT know much about?
(a) Stones.
(b) Finances.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Trees.

9. What awakens Jamie in the house one night?
(a) Ambulance sirens.
(b) Someone breaking in.
(c) Robert beating Alice.
(d) Barking dogs.

10. How does Jamie feel toward his mother?
(a) Sad.
(b) Protective.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Angry.

11. Who did Famie despise after her husband's death in the war?
(a) The Irish.
(b) The English.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The French.

12. Why had Jamie left home years ago?
(a) To attend university.
(b) To get a job.
(c) To explore the world on his own.
(d) To get away from his parents.

13. Granda tells tales of __________________ to Jamie.
(a) Old girlfriends.
(b) Past projects.
(c) The war.
(d) Gran's cooking.

14. Which of the following does NOT describe Gran's home?
(a) Orderly.
(b) Clean.
(c) Tidy.
(d) Cluttered.

15. Why is Granda still angry with Jamie?
(a) He left home.
(b) He quit a good job.
(c) He married too early.
(d) He quit school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hugh's mother, Famie, sometimes stay?

2. How did the war affect Famie?

3. Why does Jamie tell his mother he cannot walk one morning?

4. The bleak descriptions of Granda's buildings uses the literary technique of __________________.

5. What was the name of Hugh and Margaret's son?

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