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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Porter carry Gypsy out of the theater?
(a) She has severe abdominal pain.
(b) She starts screaming at the film.
(c) She faints.
(d) She vomits violently.

2. Who owns the barbershop?
(a) Clint Akers.
(b) Seth Akers.
(c) Jerry Akers.
(d) Ben Akers.

3. Who is Porter's brother?
(a) Doc Dat.
(b) Doc Dut.
(c) Doc Dot.
(d) Doc Det.

4. Who comes to visit Woodrow in Chapter 9?
(a) Belle.
(b) Sam.
(c) Everett.
(d) Beulah.

5. What is the last name of Woodrow's maternal grandparents?
(a) Bilson.
(b) Bierly.
(c) Ball.
(d) Bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Woodrow do in Sunday School?

2. Who is Belle's husband?

3. Why does Blind Benny come out at night?

4. Where does Woodrow go that he wears a tie for the first time?

5. What does Woodrow say that his mother most likely wanted most in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of Woodrow's experiences in his new life that point out the poverty he lived in until now?

2. Explain how Woodrow and Gypsy's characteristics have been shaped by their different backgrounds.

3. How does Woodrow help save Gypsy from hurtful adult gossip about her father and what seems to be the common bond they share?

4. Describe how quickly Woodrow adapts to his new school, and why he becomes so popular.

5. What was Belle's course of action after she worked through Amos' rejection of her?

6. How does the Sunday School scene in Chapter 6 help reveal more about Woodrow's character?

7. What is Gypsy's recurring nightmare and what does it foreshadow?

8. What do Woodrow's assertions about what he thinks happened to his mother foreshadow for him later in the story?

9. Who are Gypsy's mother and stepfather, and where do they live?

10. What is evident about Woodrow's relationship with his father as shown in Chapter 9?

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