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title: Divorce and two homes — how Mova does on the tests · Everyday
description: Lesson 516 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 12 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Divorce and two homes

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**Tests:** 3 of 12 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 14 of 16 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 516 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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«my mate says if ur parents divorce its cos u were bad». Right?

- **1.** Yes, if you were naughty that week — no support
- **2.** No, it's never the child's fault — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** No, it's always the grandparents' fault — score 1
- **4.** Yes, kids always cause it somehow — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 510, line 2: «Some cousins live a different life. In Texas, Josiah's family lives in a trailer (a mobile home). At Thanksgiving his cousins from California talk about privat…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+4); the same doer «rich kids» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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Ruby-Lou forgets her kit, Mrs Bell: «Again?!». What would most likely happen if she checked her list every Sunday night?

- **1.** She would never need a PE kit again — score 1
- **2.** Dad would move into Mum's flat to save time — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Mrs Bell would stop PE for the whole class — score -3
- **4.** She'd forget things less often — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 442, line 1: «Before an election, a candidate in Liam's town promised «a new swimming pool for every school». She won, and no pool was built. Liam's dad said she'd said the…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «dad» (+6). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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«sod it, i'm not going to Dad's, it's a pure trek». What's a better move?

- **1.** Never speak to Dad again because of a train — **← Mova's choice** · score 1
- **2.** Pretend to be ill every other Friday from now on — no support
- **3.** Hide in the toilets so she misses the train — no support
- **4.** Tell her parents the trip wears her out — **✓ the right answer** · score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 452, line 2: «When a grown-up lets you down, it can make you feel small. Leo's dad promised to come to his football final: «Wouldn't miss it, mate.» He didn't come. He said…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «talk» (+2); the same receiver «dad» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t3/)

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### Test 4 · right ✓ {#t4}

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In a cartoon, a clever kid makes her divorced parents fall back in love. What is more real?

- **1.** Any kid with a clever enough plan can reunite them — score 0
- **2.** Parents who divorce never speak to each other again — score 3
- **3.** Every divorced couple gets back together in the end — score -2
- **4.** Kids can't fix it; some parents end up friends and some don't — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 482, line 3: «Even old friends must respect your family. At a barbecue Dad's friend Phil makes a nasty joke about Mum's cooking in front of everyone. Dad puts his burger dow…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «pay back» (+3); the same doer «friends» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Tanner mutters, «yous are always at it». Who is he talking to?

- **1.** Only his dad — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** His teacher and the class — score 6
- **3.** Only his mum — no support
- **4.** Both his parents — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask whom it is for. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 307, line 14: «On a school camp or residential trip, pack with a parent, label your things and talk to a teacher if you feel homesick; homesickness is normal and usually pass…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «talk» (+2); the same receiver (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Leo-James shouts «You're not my dad!» What would be an honest and calmer way to say it?

- **1.** «You're not my dad, so Mum makes the rules» — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** Saying nothing at all and slamming every door — score 2
- **3.** «Get out of our house right now, you idiot» — score 2
- **4.** «Fine then, I'll call you Dad from today» — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 516, line 5: «Leo-James's mum has a boyfriend, Craig, who says, «Shoes off, sunshine, my rules.» Leo-James shouts, «You're not my dad!» Mum tells Leo he's right, and that he…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «leo» (+3); the same thing acted on «dad» (+3). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t6/)

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### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7}

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Jory: «if the judge makes me pick I'll be sick». What's true?

- **1.** He'll be listened to, but he won't have to pick — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** The judge will toss a coin to pick for him — score 3
- **3.** He must choose out loud with both parents there — no support
- **4.** Children are never asked anything about it — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 516, line 5: «Leo-James's mum has a boyfriend, Craig, who says, «Shoes off, sunshine, my rules.» Leo-James shouts, «You're not my dad!» Mum tells Leo he's right, and that he…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «pick» (+2); the same doer «judge» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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Ruaridh: «Dad's is better cos he lets me stay up». What would most likely happen if he said that to Mum every week?

- **1.** Mum would keep feeling hurt — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **2.** Mum would start letting him stay up till ten — score 6
- **3.** Dad would make his rules strict as well — score 4
- **4.** Nothing, parents never mind being compared — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 507, line 2: «Others are rivals. In Glasgow, Jago and Lewis race everything: who finishes his cornflakes first, who gets to the bus stop first, who scores more in the back g…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «mum» (+6). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Hester's mate: «u can't like one house more, that's well disloyal». Right?

- **1.** No, it's fine to like things about each home — **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** No, but you have to pick one and stay there — score 2
- **3.** Yes, liking one more means you love that parent more — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **4.** Yes, and you must never say which bits you like — score -4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 213, line 10: «If you feel jealous of a new baby, you can ask a parent for special time with just you; parents love you just as much.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «love» (+2); the same doer «parents» (+1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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★★★ Frida spends Christmas Day at Mum's and Boxing Day at Dad's. Next year they swap the two days round. Where is she on Christmas Day next year?

- **1.** At Gran's — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** At both at once — no support
- **3.** At Dad's — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** At Mum's — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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★★★ Hester sleeps at Mam's Monday to Thursday and at Da's Friday to Sunday. The fairy lights are at Da's. How many nights a week does she fall asleep under them?

- **1.** 2 — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** 3 — **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** 4 — score 4
- **4.** 7 — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 321, line 3: «Too much time on screens can leave you grumpy and can make it harder to fall asleep, so take breaks, go outside and keep to the limits your family agreed.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t11/)

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### Test 12 · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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Avery says her parents are «mates now». What would most likely happen at her next birthday?

- **1.** Both could come without a row — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** They'd argue all through the cake — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Neither parent would come at all — score 6
- **4.** She'd need two parties on one day — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 483, line 12: «Grown-ups sometimes behave childishly; you can love them and still see they got it wrong.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «you» (+6). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/t12/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the cause of a parental divorce?

- **1.** It is ordinarily attributable to the conduct of the eldest child — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It arises from adult reasons and is never attributable to the child — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It is determined by the court to be the fault of a child — no support
- **4.** It follows from disputes concerning a child's bedtime — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Given that a child resides in two households, identify the measure most likely to prevent belongings being left at the other residence.

- **1.** The duplication of every possession at both residences — no support
- **2.** A checklist and a bag that accompanies the child between homes — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **3.** The cancellation of activities requiring equipment — no support
- **4.** The permanent removal of the child to a single home — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 516, line 9: «A checklist and a travel bag help children stop leaving things at the other home.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «checklist» (+3); the same thing acted on «children» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Ascertain the role of the child where a family court is required to determine with which parent the child shall reside.

- **1.** The child's views are heard, whereas the decision rests with adults — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** The child is obliged to nominate one parent in open court — score 2
- **3.** The child is excluded from any expression of views whatsoever — score 2
- **4.** The child determines the matter alone by written declaration — score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 497, line 1: «Sometimes a grown-up at home is not okay, and a child sees it first. In Cardiff, Carys's mum works long shifts and falls asleep on the sofa at seven every nigh…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+2); the same doer «child» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a parent's new partner.

- **1.** He or she assumes all parental authority upon arrival — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** He or she does not replace the parent, and acceptance takes time — **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **3.** He or she must not be addressed by the child at all, in any circumstances — score 1
- **4.** He or she must be addressed as a parent from the first day — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 320, line 10: «If someone asks about your adoption or foster care, you share only what you want to share; your story is yours to tell or keep.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «adopt» (+2); the same doer «your» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 1. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/e4/)

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