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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 the person in #91 say that he recalls Amos doing with Gypsy when she was younger?
(a) Going to the carnival.
(b) Singing to her.
(c) Taking walks in town.
(d) Playing in the park.

2. What would people never speak about in front of Gypsy?
(a) Her mother's extramarital affair.
(b) Her lisp.
(c) Her low grades.
(d) Her father's suicide.

3. Woodrow tells a story about a young woman with _________________ who gets killed by a farmer.
(a) red hair.
(b) golden hair.
(c) brown hair.
(d) black hair.

4. What question does Woodrow overhear Gypsy asking Grandpa Ball about Belle?
(a) If Belle was as unattractive as people say.
(b) If Belle was thought to be a little crazy.
(c) If Everett had anything to do with her disappearance.
(d) If Belle is Woodrow's biological mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Woodrow still say he hears his mother's voice?

2. What surprise do Gypsy and Woodrow find on the first day of school in the Fall?

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

4. What does Gypsy recall her Sunday School teacher telling her one day?

5. What is notable about the five guests?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Porter's love for Gypsy comes through related to her severely cutting her hair.

2. What is Grandpa Ball's opinion of why Belle moved into the mountains as a young woman and what impact that had on her relationships with people in the outside world?

3. What explanation does Woodrow give for what has happened to Belle?

4. What does Gypsy learn from Grandpa Ball about why Love will not allow Gypsy to get her hair cut?

5. What does Gypsy do at home after her memory of finding her father after he had committed suicide?

6. What do Gypsy's hair and her mirror symbolize for her?

7. How does Gypsy's reaction to the trick he played on Mrs. Cooper different from how the adults react to it?

8. Who built the tree house for Gypsy and what significance does it have in her life regarding her memories of her father?

9. Describe Woodrow's use of mind control over Mrs. Cooper at the Summer Social Garden Party hosted by the Balls.

10. How does Gypsy's conversation with Grandpa Ball about beauty give Gypsy a different perspective on which of her parents was more obsessed with it?

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