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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29, 30, 31 and 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what did Gertie spend Henley's money?
(a) Truck
(b) Car
(c) Tipton Place
(d) Clothes

2. What happens to Gertie's dream of living in Tipton Place by the end of chapter nine?
(a) Realized and destroyed
(b) Destroyed only
(c) Unchanged
(d) Realized only

3. What happened to all of Gertie's savings?
(a) Paid for funeral, casket and headstone
(b) Clovis put it in the bank to keep saving money
(c) Paid for funeral and casket
(d) Paid for hospital bills, funeral and casket

4. Where does Gertie move?
(a) Into Tipton Place
(b) Her mother's house
(c) Her mother-in-law's house
(d) In with Old John

5. What is the main character's life-long dream?
(a) To live near the beach
(b) To own her own farm
(c) To never have to work again
(d) To be wealthy

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Gertie's brother killed?

2. What does Maggie want to teach Gertie in order for her to fix her wooden statue?

3. What conversation does Gertie overhear Whit, Clovis and some other factory workers having?

4. Which of the following characters is the main character?

5. What does Gertie dream of carving?

(see the answer key)

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