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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "The Going".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Gilly drops off to sleep her first night with Mrs. Trotter, what does she decide to do?
(a) To play a bunch of tricks on Mrs. Trotter.
(b) To mess with William Ernest's head.
(c) To find her mother, write to her, and tell her to come get her.
(d) To make the best of her new surroundings.

2. What does Miss Harris admit after class?
(a) She tells the principal she isn't pregnant.
(b) She tells Gilly that they have a lot in common.
(c) She doesn't say anything. She just sits sniffing her flowers, wearing her funny smile.
(d) She phones for an exterminator during lunch.

3. In Chapter 8, what does Gilly plan to do that Sunday after Mrs. Trotter settles town in front of the TV?
(a) Catch a train to California to see her mother.
(b) Catch a bus to California to see her mother.
(c) Catch a plane to go see her mother.
(d) Catch a bus to Florida to see Disney World.

4. What does Mrs. Trotter reply when Mr. Randolph compliments her dinner?
(a) She blushes and tells him he says the sweetest things.
(b) "Thank you."
(c) That he can flatter the stripes off a pole cat.
(d) That he is very nice to say such things.

5. What happens in the Trotter home by Thanksgiving day?
(a) Gilly starts feeling queazy.
(b) Everyone is feeling better that morning
(c) Gilly cleans the house with disinfectant.
(d) None of the answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Harris admit doing in the teacher's room at noon?

2. Who is Mr. Randolph?

3. What does Gilly find when she pulls an encyclopedia from Mr. Randolph's bookshelf?

4. What does Gilly do by the third week in October?

5. What kind of class does Gilly's new principal say she should be in?

(see the answer key)

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