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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of chapter nine, what is Gertie doing as she reflects on how long it has been since Henley left and then was killed?
(a) Feeding the dogs
(b) Sipping her coffee
(c) Churning butter
(d) Making the beds

2. Which of the following does not interrupt Gertie's dream?
(a) Enoch asking for money to plant some grass and flowers
(b) Callie Lou talking to Gertie
(c) Clytie who tells her the grocer is giving them credit
(d) The roar of a passing train

3. On what does Clovis compliment Gertie?
(a) Ability to save
(b) Ability to cook
(c) Ability to care for the children
(d) Ability to carve

4. When Gertie quotes from the Bible about drinking, which is the main message?
(a) People drink to get away from their spouses
(b) Drinking is good
(c) Drinking is wrong
(d) People drink to hide their misery

5. What does Gertie dream of in Chapter 28?
(a) Being back in her own land where flowers and vegetables were growing
(b) Escaping from Clovis and returning to Kentucky alone
(c) Cassie being alive and playing with her
(d) Killing herself on the train tracks

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a climactic reversal of fortune?

2. To which organization does Clovis belong?

3. How long has Clovis been gone at the beginning of chapter six?

4. Which of the following literary elements is not found in chapters six through nine?

5. When does Gertie think Clovis will return home?

(see the answer key)

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