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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. Which word best describes the officer's feelings for Gertie before she preformed the medical procedure on Amos?
(a) Hatred
(b) Distaste
(c) Respect
(d) Pride

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

3. How did Gertie learn to read?
(a) Brother
(b) School
(c) She cannot read
(d) The Bible

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

5. Who does Gertie's mother say leads Henley into heathenism?
(a) Gertie's father
(b) No one
(c) Gertie
(d) Clovis

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Callie Lou?

2. How much does Gertie offer to pay the officer for the ride?

3. Why does Gertie read to her children from the Bible during chapter three?

4. From what type of wood does she want to use to carve the man?

5. Why does Gertie direct the mule into the path of the car?

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