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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gran take the Trents to see about some government assistance?
(a) Montpelier.
(b) Cookshire.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Boston.

2. What does Mrs. Trent ask Nyle do to before Mrs. Trent leaves the kitchen?
(a) To let Ezra talk.
(b) To close the curtain.
(c) To be gentle with Ezra.
(d) To get the puppy.

3. Why does Nyle move off the Powers' property?
(a) To go over to Muncie's house.
(b) Because the sheep is not there.
(c) Because Ripley confronts her.
(d) Because Tyrus is loose.

4. What doesn't Nyle tell Muncie about the puppy?
(a) That it has radiation poisoning.
(b) That it belongs to Ezra.
(c) That it has no name yet.
(d) That it is a present for Gran.

5. What do the teens teach the puppy?
(a) To eat in one place.
(b) To be housebroken.
(c) Nothing; it's too young to teach.
(d) Tricks.

6. What is Muncie's response to the discussion?
(a) That the puppy is going to be a handful.
(b) That Nyle treats her like everyone else.
(c) That she's already done most of her shopping.
(d) That Muncie has seen George with Chyrstabel and he isn't worth Nyle's time.

7. What does Nyle see when she spots Ezra throughout the day?
(a) He is wearing his mask again.
(b) He is limping badly.
(c) He is alone and seems confused.
(d) He is surrounded by girls.

8. What does Nyle choose to do?
(a) Memorize the Gettysburg Address.
(b) Read about how the atom was discovered.
(c) Study Ben Franklin's comments on the Constitution.
(d) Write about Anne Frank.

9. What does Mr. Perry tell Nyle?
(a) That she is the valdictorian of the class.
(b) That he knows about the evacuees at the house.
(c) That she is eligible for a full scholarship to college.
(d) That she can get into the new A & M college because of her grades.

10. What does Ezra ask about the puppy?
(a) Who did Nyle give it to.
(b) Where it is hidden.
(c) What Nyle named it.
(d) Why it is outside.

11. How does Ezra begin healing emotionally?
(a) He watches a special on the TV about the accident and sobs.
(b) He has not yet begun that healing process.
(c) He sees a counselor.
(d) He tells Nyle much of what is bothering him about the accident.

12. Why is Nyle nervous?
(a) She hopes Gran doesn't say anything embarrassing.
(b) She's afraid of what others will say when they see the Trents.
(c) She is wondering if George will think Ezra is her boyfriend.
(d) She hasn't told anyone about her new boyfriend, Ezra.

13. Why does Ezra start writing?
(a) He is working on a memoir about the accident.
(b) He wants to finish an English assignment.
(c) He's going to do the assignment also.
(d) He is writing a poem for a girl at school.

14. What happens when Muncie, Nyle and Ezra get to the house?
(a) Gran and Mrs. Trent nurse Ezra and the girls go up to clean up.
(b) Nyle begins sobbing.
(c) Gran gets her shotgun out and goes to the truck.
(d) Mrs. Trent sobs at the sight of Ezra.

15. What happens after Nyle reads a paper to Ezra?
(a) He tells her it is astonishing.
(b) He throws his paper away.
(c) He says it needs some work.
(d) He is sure she will be able to publish it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nyle go through her clothes?

2. Why does Muncie block her seat with her backpack.

3. Why does Nyle come back outside?

4. After Nyle takes another seat, what happens?

5. What does Nyle do as she is left alone?

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