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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Gilly and William Ernest find high on the shelf?

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

3. What does Mrs. Trotter say about making friends with Gilly?

4. What does Gilly do when Agnes begins to gossip about the other students?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Gilly decide to do with Agnes Stokes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gilly ask to be allowed to do that surprises Mrs. Trotter?

2. What is Gilly's reply when Mrs. Trotter empathizes with the difficulty Gilly must have had by being moved around so often?

3. Why has Gilly decided to pay attention in Miss Harris's class?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, why won't Gilly look over her shoulder at Mrs. Trotter?

5. What unpleasant memory does Gilly have when she thinks about Mrs. Trotter overprotecting William Ernest?

6. What does Agnes Stokes take for granted about Gilly?

7. Why does Gilly slam the book shut after she begins reading poetry to Mr. Randolph?

8. What does Mr. Evans, Gilly's new principal, explain about the class he is putting Gilly into?

9. What is Gilly's usual trick to get her teachers upset about her abilities?

10. What happens to Gilly when she is cleaning shelves for Mr. Randolph while he is in the room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the time Gilly spends caring for Mr. Randolph, Mrs. Trotter, and William Ernest while they were ill. Why does she stay home from school to care for them? Does she just want to skip school or does she genuinely care about them? What changes are seen in Gilly as she cares for the three people?

Essay Topic 2

Have the students write an essay about what it was like for Gilly being a foster child. What does it mean to be a foster child? Is there a stigma being a foster child? How many foster homes had Gilly been in before Mrs. Trotter's? Why? Was it any fault of her own? How did this affect her attitude?

Essay Topic 3

Imagine Gilly's desperate need to live with her mother. Write an essay about her desperation and explain why it was so important to her. Is it normal after eight years, when she doesn't even remember her mother, to feel that way? What makes it worse for her?

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