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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, how does Silas find Rill?
(a) Followed them.
(b) A nurse at the hospital.
(c) The police.
(d) Miss Dodd.

2. In Chapter 17, in the article that Trent has Avery read, how old was Mary Sykes when she was stolen from the porch of her mother's home?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. In Chapter 19, what does May say that she did for a living?
(a) Musician.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Artist.

4. In Chapter 15, what does Trent say that his grandfather struggled with at the end?
(a) Parkinson's.
(b) Alzheimer's.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Arthritis.

5. In Chapter 14, what is on Mrs. Pulnik's breath?
(a) Peppermints.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

6. What does Trent say that his grandfather's adoptive father did for a living?
(a) Judge.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Army officer.

7. In Chapter 22, where does Mrs. Sevier want to go to avoid Miss Tann and her blackmail?
(a) Winston-Salem.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Augusta.
(d) Atlanta.

8. In Chapter 18, what does the man who comes to get Rill say that his wife's name is?
(a) Victoria.
(b) Susanna.
(c) Priscilla.
(d) Alexandria.

9. How much older is Arney than Rill?
(a) A year.
(b) 16 months.
(c) About 2 years.
(d) 10 months.

10. In Chapter 22, who does Rill, Arney, and Fern see when they wake on the boat in the morning?
(a) 3 colored boys.
(b) 2 men.
(c) A family.
(d) 3 white boys.

11. What newspaper runs an expose about corporate-owned nursing care?
(a) Greenville News.
(b) The Sentinel.
(c) Post and Courier.
(d) Columbia Star.

12. At the end of Chapter 22, how long has it been since Queenie died?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

13. What is the phase of the moon in Chapter 18?
(a) Half.
(b) First quarter.
(c) Third quarter.
(d) Full.

14. In Chapter 14, how long have Rill and her siblings been at Miss Tann's?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

15. In Chapter 15, who calls Avery as she leaves Trent's place?
(a) Abby.
(b) Elliott.
(c) Missy.
(d) Allie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what plants are growing around the tidy little house that Avery and Trent find?

2. In Chapter 17, when does Avery remembering coming to Edisto alone with her father for a science project?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 19, what is Avery watching that makes her nearly hit another car?

4. In Chapter 21, what does Grandma Judy call Avery?

5. What time does a cab driver say that he always goes to Grandma Judy's house?

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