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

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

3. What does Nyle motion Ezra to do?
(a) Start up the truck.
(b) Put the puppy in the truck bed.
(c) Come into the pasture with her.
(d) Go back to the house.

4. Who shows up while Nyle is still alone?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Shep.
(c) Muncie.
(d) Ripley.

5. What does Nyle say is her fear?
(a) That Ezra will not forgive her.
(b) She got radiation poisoning from Ezra.
(c) Not saying goodbye to Ezra.
(d) That Gran will be really angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nyle come back outside?

2. Why does Nyle move off the Powers' property?

3. What do Muncie and Nyle finally discuss?

4. What does Ezra keep with him though he no longer needs it?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Nyle and Ezra are awkward with each other when put in a position that it seems they must acknowledge something about their relationship?

2. How do you think the image of sheep is used by Ezra in this chapter?

3. What sort of epiphany does Nyle have about Ezra as he begins to heal?

4. What happens that probably garners sympathy for Ripley on the part of the characters and readers?

5. How does Nyle show wisdom in her interaction with Ezra about the puppy?

6. What is ironic about Nyle's response to Ezra's announcement about school?

7. What is a theme that appears in this chapter, which has appeared in previous chapters and give an example of how the theme is illustrated.

8. How does Ripley demonstrate that he is a bully?

9. What gets Nyle thinking about her father and why is she mad at him (though, perhaps she unconscious of the reason)?

10. How is Nyle still avoiding making things right with Muncie?

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