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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what time does Avery arrive at Magnolia Manor?
(a) Morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Early evening.

2. In Chapter 7, what snack does an attendant bring Grandma Judy and Avery?
(a) Coffee and cookies.
(b) Finger sandwiches.
(c) Juice and coffee cake.
(d) Milk and cookies.

3. At the end of Chapter 8, what was the next activity for Rill and the other children?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Snack.
(c) Baths.
(d) Bed.

4. In Chapter 12, what is the name of the boy whose father comes to get him, but he is told that his boy has been adopted?
(a) Andy.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Lonnie.
(d) Ronnie.

5. What was the name of Grandma Judy's husband?
(a) Harold.
(b) Frederick.
(c) David.
(d) Arnold.

6. At the end of the Prelude, where does a doctor say that he knows a woman who might be able to help?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Birmingtham.
(d) Jacksonville.

7. In Chapter 6, which of the children nearly escapes?
(a) Camellia.
(b) Gabion.
(c) Fern.
(d) Rill.

8. In Chapter 6, how old does Rill think the boy with Zede was?
(a) Maybe 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) About 16.

9. In Chapter 8, what color were Miss Tann's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Gray.

10. In Chapter 12, how long did it take Rill to learn that the kids at Miss Tanns's are Wards of the Tennessee Children's Home Society?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

11. How old is Avery in Chapter 1?
(a) 32.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 28.

12. What is Avery's mother's nickname?
(a) Honeybee.
(b) Darling.
(c) Ange.
(d) Mags.

13. In Chapter 1, who does May think that Avery might be?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Fern.
(c) Betty.
(d) Judy.

14. What is the name of the man who comes into Trent's real estate office in Chapter 11?
(a) Dave.
(b) Ed.
(c) Pete.
(d) Bill.

15. In Chapter 10, what can Rill see through a tiny, high-window near the ceiling?
(a) Pink rose.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Weeds.
(d) Trash.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, who does Avery think her grandmother wrote her last letter to on her typewriter in the cottage on Edisto Island?

2. In Chapter 6, in Rill's dream what type of flowers are in the crown that Briny set upon Rill's head?

3. In Chapter 2, when May remembers sitting on a shantyboat as a young girl, what child was her mother in labor with?

4. In the Prelude, from where was the story told?

5. In Chapter 1, when is the Stafford family having their Christmas photograph taken?

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