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

2. What does Jamie notice about the buildings his Granda had constructed?
(a) They are brand new.
(b) They show signs of wear.
(c) They are condemned.
(d) They have been torn down.

3. Where are Jamie and his parents going?
(a) Italy.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. What seemed to improve Famie's mental health?
(a) Hugh's birth.
(b) A good friend.
(c) A career.
(d) Going back to college.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Famie's mob of women NOT use to scare off evictors?

2. What does Robert do after someone breaks into the house?

3. Why is Jamie returning home in Part 1, Chapter 2?

4. Who did Famie despise after her husband's death in the war?

5. What do the teenagers question Jamie about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of student is Jamie?

2. Why are Granda Hugh's buildings now a metaphor for his physical condition?

3. How did Hugh earn the name of "Mr. Housing?"

4. Describe the nature of the relationship between Famie and her husband, Thomas.

5. What feelings of Granda Hugh's come out regarding Jamie's leaving home years ago?

6. What are Jamie's thoughts as he returns to his childhood home in Scotland on the train?

7. Describe the relationship between Hugh and his son, Robert.

8. Describe Gran Margie as Jamie sees her for the first time in ten years.

9. Why is Jamie so sad to be leaving Mrs. Drake?

10. What happened that made Famie hate the Irish people?

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