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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the police find the dead body of the young woman killed by the farmer?
(a) Her hair grows above the ground where she is buried.
(b) A witness comes forward with information.
(c) She left clues in the woods.
(d) The farmer's wife tells where she is buried.

2. How did Gypsy's father kill himself?
(a) He slit his wrists.
(b) He hanged himself.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) He took an overdose of pills.

3. Gypsy's nightmares become ________________________.
(a) more frequent but less horrifying.
(b) less frequent and less horrifying.
(c) more frequent and more horrifying.
(d) more frequent and about the same in horror.

4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that Gypsy has just as Belle did?
(a) She is creative.
(b) She is musical.
(c) She is athletic.
(d) She is imaginative.

5. The person in #91 knew Amos when they lived in what town?
(a) Coal Valley.
(b) Coal Station.
(c) Coal Mountain.
(d) Coal Junction.

6. What punishment does Woodrow receive for thrashing Buzz?
(a) He is spanked.
(b) His allowance is suspended.
(c) He is sent to bed without supper.
(d) He is grounded.

7. Woodrow tells Gypsy that Belle is still alive because she took some of his clothes and ______________________.
(a) the old car.
(b) her jewelry.
(c) the money they were saving for his operation.
(d) a shotgun.

8. What does the Ball family host every year at this time?
(a) An Ice Cream Social.
(b) A Midsummer's Cotillion.
(c) A Fourth of July Barbecue.
(d) A Summer Social Garden Party.

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

10. Porter tells Gypsy that she is not ugly and evil, but she is ___________________.
(a) wounded.
(b) traumatized.
(c) damaged.
(d) unstable.

11. What does Buzz want Woodrow to talk about in the classroom?
(a) His new clothes.
(b) His Summer vacation.
(c) His mother's disappearance.
(d) His story about the blonde girl.

12. What does Woodrow now believe about his mother?
(a) She is probably dead.
(b) She will never return for him.
(c) She will send a message soon.
(d) She will return any day now.

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

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

15. Who is the topic of Woodrow's English assignment in Chapter 22?
(a) Amos.
(b) Belle.
(c) Blind Benny.
(d) Grandma Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Love tell Gypsy about her father?

2. How does Gypsy feel about Porter after things calm down?

3. What does Gypsy do after she cuts off all her hair?

4. What does Love say about Gypsy's hair?

5. Who goes with Gypsy to get her hair cut into a pixie style?

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