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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Gypsy screams when remembering finding her father dead?
(a) I want to kill you.
(b) I hate you.
(c) I hope you burn in hell.
(d) I want to hurt you.

2. 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 have the same teacher as last year.
(d) They are in different classes.

3. Woodrow tells a story about his ___________________ who was buried alive.
(a) Aunt Marla.
(b) Aunt Madge.
(c) Aunt Millie.
(d) Aunt Marie.

4. What did Gypsy find of her father's on the day that her mother married Porter?
(a) A button from his volunteer fireman uniforms.
(b) His watch.
(c) Cuff links that fell out of his suit pocket.
(d) His rare coin collection.

5. Gypsy overhears Porter talking to Love and ____________________ Gypsy.
(a) comparing.
(b) making fun of.
(c) defending.
(d) berating.

6. What does Love tell Gypsy about her father?
(a) He was a courageous man.
(b) He loved her even before she was born.
(c) He was schizophrenic.
(d) She will learn to forgive him.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Porter tell Gypsy that he can see in her?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A talented musician.
(c) An author.
(d) A fine lady.

12. What does Woodrow say is the moral of the story of the young woman who was killed by the farmer?
(a) Never travel alone in rural areas.
(b) Good always triumphs over evil.
(c) Never get involved with a girl with golden hair.
(d) Women are more powerful than men.

13. Woodrow gets some satisfaction that Buzz will get a payback for being mean when he notes that Buzz is sitting in a _________________________.
(a) splat of ketchup.
(b) nest of chiggers.
(c) patch of poison ivy.
(d) broken chair.

14. Love says that Amos committed suicide because __________________________.
(a) Love was having an affair.
(b) his business had folded.
(c) he found out he had a terminal illness.
(d) he was in a deep depression after the fire.

15. How does Woodrow think that his mother will contact him?
(a) Through the personal ads in the newspaper.
(b) By a telegram.
(c) With a note of jumbled letters.
(d) By a long letter sent from some exotic place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Blind Benny live?

2. Woodrow tells a story about a young woman with _________________ who gets killed by a farmer.

3. Porter tells Gypsy that _______________ needs to come.

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

5. Who had it written into the contract for the sale of the hardware store that Blind Benny was to always have a home above the store?

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