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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. What job does Paddy give Meggie?
(a) Patrolling the Home Paddock on horseback.
(b) Watching Jims and Patsy.
(c) Cooking for the family.
(d) Cleaning the livestock pens.

2. What does Father Ralph do for everyone in the family?
(a) He buys new pillows.
(b) He treats them to ice cream in town.
(c) He sends them on a trip to Wahine.
(d) He opens a bank account.

3. Who is the first person that the Cleary family meets when they arrive in Gillanbone?
(a) Mary Carson.
(b) Fiona's sister.
(c) Father Ralph.
(d) Paddy Cleary's mother.

4. What does the Cleary family not encounter at Drogheda?
(a) Oppressive heat.
(b) A forest.
(c) Dust and flies.
(d) Snakes, birds, and kangaroos.

5. What does Mary Carson have difficulty keeping?
(a) A station manager.
(b) Her bills paid.
(c) A doctor's appointment.
(d) A date with the town doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attacks Stuart?

2. What does the housekeeper tell Ralph the morning after Mary Carson's birthday party?

3. As administrator of Mary Carson's wealth, Father Ralph does something that is unheard of. What is that?

4. What does Meggie give to Father Ralph to remember her by?

5. Which of the following is a gift that Ralph receives from Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Mary Carson's 72nd birthday party?

2. Describe Mary Carson's relationship with her brother, Paddy.

3. Describe what Meggie wears to Mary Carson's birthday party.

4. How has Fiona changed after Frank leaves home?

5. Describe the relationship between Father Ralph and Mary Carson.

6. What is Father Ralph's visit to Drogheda like?

7. Why does Mary Carson find it more advantageous to remain a widow and not remarry?

8. Why do Meggie and Stuart stop attending school?

9. What makes Meggie's doll special?

10. What does Mary Carson's new will say?

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