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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 does Gypsy accidentally call Woodrow's former home?
(a) A shack.
(b) A chicken coop.
(c) A shed.
(d) A double-wide.

2. How does Gypsy divert the men's questions away from Woodrow in the barbershop?
(a) She asks them about their families.
(b) She talks about her dead father.
(c) She flirts with them.
(d) She gives them some juicy gossip.

3. What does Woodrow ask for at Porter's birthday party?
(a) A birthday party for himself.
(b) A new bicycle.
(c) A Coca-Cola.
(d) An airplane ride.

4. Gypsy hates the amount of time she has to spend _____________________ every day.
(a) studying.
(b) washing dishes.
(c) on her hair.
(d) brushing her horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town's barbershop?

2. Gypsy hears the doctor tell her mother something about her ________________.

3. How old is Gypsy?

4. How has Woodrow affected Gypsy's life?

5. In class, Woodrow tells a story about a man named Floyd Collins who ________________________-.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gypsy learn from her mother about what happened between her, Amos and Belle years ago?

2. How does Woodrow's behavior at Porter's birthday party showcase both his confidence and his shyness?

3. Describe Gypsy's delirious attack at the movie theater.

4. How does Gypsy's life compare to the life that Woodrow has led prior to coming to live with his grandparents?

5. What is the significance of Gypsy's encounter with Porter as she is sneaking back into the house, and he is outside trying to smoke?

6. Describe Woodrow's character and how he easily ingratiates himself to people.

7. What is the significance of the woman in Everett's car when he comes to visit Woodrow?

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

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

10. What does Woodrow share with Gypsy about the place where he thinks his mother disappeared behind the shack?

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