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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would people never speak about in front of Gypsy?
(a) Her mother's extramarital affair.
(b) Her low grades.
(c) Her lisp.
(d) Her father's suicide.

2. In addition to anger at her father for killing himself, Gypsy also cut her hair ______________________.
(a) in defiance of her mother's wishes.
(b) as a sign of her love for her father.
(c) short hair is in style now.
(d) because she felt invisible underneath it.

3. Where does Blind Benny live?
(a) At the YMCA.
(b) At a homeless shelter.
(c) At a rectory.
(d) Above the hardware store.

4. What excuse does Gypsy give for her pixie haircut?
(a) It is popular in New York.
(b) It shows off her facial features better.
(c) It is better suited for cheerleading.
(d) It is a better cut for the Summer.

5. What does Porter announce that the family is going to host in honor of Gypsy's birthday?
(a) An ice cream social.
(b) A piano recital.
(c) A cotillion.
(d) A Spring Fling dance.

6. What are Grandpa Ball and Gypsy fixing at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) A television.
(b) Gypsy's bicycle.
(c) The porch stairs.
(d) A lawnmower.

7. Special guests of the event in #117 are five __________________.
(a) firemen.
(b) baseball players.
(c) college students.
(d) debutantes.

8. What are Gypsy and Woodrow's roles at the event in #117?
(a) To wash dishes.
(b) To work the coat check.
(c) To serve refreshments.
(d) To chop ice.

9. Woodrow thinks that pretty people ________________________.
(a) are not very nice.
(b) get married sooner.
(c) can do anything and get away with it.
(d) make more money.

10. What happens to the farmer who killed the young woman?
(a) He is strangled by her hair.
(b) He is sentenced to life in prison.
(c) He is executed.
(d) He flees the country.

11. What surprise do Gypsy and Woodrow find on the first day of school in the Fall?
(a) They have the same teacher as last year.
(b) They are in different classes.
(c) They are being bussed to another school.
(d) They have a male teacher.

12. How long did Gypsy stay away from her tree house after her father died?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three months.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A day.

13. Why does Woodrow come to get Gypsy at her window at night in Chapter 21?
(a) To go to a party.
(b) To hunt for night crawlers.
(c) To go skinny dipping.
(d) To run around with Blind Benny.

14. Woodrow tells Gypsy that he and his mother had been saving money for ___________________.
(a) a new car.
(b) a vacation to Hawaii.
(c) an operation to fix his eyes.
(d) his college fund.

15. How old will Gypsy be on her birthday?
(a) 19.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Love tell Gypsy about her father?

2. Which of the following does NOT apply to Woodrow and Gypsy?

3. Who is the topic of Woodrow's English assignment in Chapter 22?

4. What is notable about the five guests?

5. What name does the person in #91 call Gypsy?

(see the answer keys)

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