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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 is the demeanor of the person in #74?
(a) Sad.
(b) Uncomfortable.
(c) Outgoing.
(d) Angry.

2. What did Woodrow's mother use to escape from reality?
(a) Stories.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Homemade wine.
(d) Drugs.

3. What items particularly delight Woodrow from the shopping trip?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Matches.
(c) School books.
(d) Comic books.

4. Woodrow claims that he sometimes hears Belle's voice __________________.
(a) praying.
(b) laughing.
(c) crying.
(d) screaming.

5. How can Woodrow best be characterized from the following?
(a) Shy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Intense.
(d) Assertive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the barbershop?

2. To what does Woodrow compare the voices he hears in the air behind the shack at his house?

3. Why doesn't Love think that Belle has just taken off again like before?

4. What would Love do if given the chance to live the events with Amos all over again?

5. Why did Woodrow move in with his grandparents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Gypsy's delirious attack at the movie theater.

2. How does the author introduce the theme of beauty in Chapter 2 related to what Gypsy learns about her mother and Belle's relationship?

3. What do Woodrow's assertions about what he thinks happened to his mother foreshadow for him later in the story?

4. What do Woodrow and Gypsy reveal to each other about what they really want?

5. Who is Gypsy, and what does she explain about her Aunt Belle in Chapter 1?

6. Who are Gypsy's mother and stepfather, and where do they live?

7. What was Belle's course of action after she worked through Amos' rejection of her?

8. What does it mean when Gypsy calls Woodrow's former home a shack?

9. Explain how Woodrow and Gypsy's characteristics have been shaped by their different backgrounds.

10. How does Woodrow help save Gypsy from hurtful adult gossip about her father and what seems to be the common bond they share?

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