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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Woodrow tell the class about his mother?
(a) She concocted a recipe for invisibility.
(b) She is visiting her cousin, the Shah of Iran.
(c) She is training to be an astronaut.
(d) She is traveling around the world.

2. What was Amos' nickname for Gypsy?
(a) Princess.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Gypsy Girl.
(d) Chocolate Gyp.

3. Gypsy gets flustered in school and says that her real father ____________________.
(a) never wanted her.
(b) died when she was five.
(c) lives in Canada.
(d) is in the C.I.A.

4. When Gypsy does not like a song that comes on the television, Woodrow states that she doesn't like it because ____________________.
(a) she can't hit the high notes in it.
(b) it reminds her of her old boyfriend.
(c) it reminds her of her father.
(d) it is too slow.

5. What does Love say about Gypsy's hair?
(a) They can fix it.
(b) They will get her a wig.
(c) She is grounded for a month.
(d) She cannot go out in public until it grows back.

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

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

8. How does Gypsy feel about Porter after things calm down?
(a) She hates him.
(b) She is able to accept him now.
(c) She still will keep him at a distance.
(d) She tolerates him.

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

10. Gypsy asks Grandpa why _______________ is/are so important to some people?
(a) new cars.
(b) looks.
(c) big houses.
(d) money.

11. What did Blind Benny do after his parents died when he was twelve?
(a) He went to an orphanage.
(b) He was put into foster care.
(c) He was adopted by a farmer.
(d) He became a sin eater.

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

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

14. What does Mrs. Cooper do when she is acting as if she is drunk?
(a) She walks right into the creek.
(b) She dances on a table.
(c) She starts to take her dress off.
(d) She jumps into the swimming pool.

15. What does Gypsy do in a rage when thinking about finding her father dead?
(a) She runs screaming down the street.
(b) She shoots him with his pistol.
(c) She cuts off all her hair.
(d) She slits her wrists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What announcement does Porter make that happily surprises Woodrow?

2. Special guests of the event in #117 are five __________________.

3. Gypsy wants to show her classmates that there is more to her life than ________________.

4. What does Woodrow now believe about his mother?

5. What does Porter tell Gypsy that he can see in her?

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