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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Gertie traveling into town?
(a) To rebuild a new life
(b) To escape from her life
(c) Amos is close to dying
(d) To find work

2. What does Gertie dream of carving?
(a) A wooden cane
(b) A man
(c) A cane
(d) A cradle

3. Why did Reuben cut the crooked cedar?
(a) To get a better shot at the bear
(b) To make a path
(c) To give Gertie something to carve
(d) So the straight one could grow

4. Who is Callie Lou?
(a) Clovis's mother
(b) Daughter to Gertie
(c) Invisible friend
(d) Gertie's sister

5. Which of the following is the best definition for tongue-tied?
(a) Unable to speak from shyness or embarrassment
(b) Tongue is to big for the mouth
(c) Mute
(d) Unwilling to speak due to orders or commands

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's life-long dream?

2. What frightens Cassie while they are at Gertie's parent's house?

3. What does Henley leave to Gertie in his will?

4. Which word best describes the officer's feelings for Gertie before she preformed the medical procedure on Amos?

5. What is the family rule regarding Sundays?

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