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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10, 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gertie doing when Old John comes to talk to her?
(a) Digging potatoes
(b) Talking to Clovis's mother
(c) Watching Cassie learn to read
(d) Waiting in the post office

2. Why are the children quarrelsome at the end of chapter five?
(a) They are tired
(b) They are afraid
(c) They are bored
(d) They are excited

3. 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

4. What does Clovis want to do as his future job once he leaves the Army?
(a) Work in a factory
(b) Live on a farm
(c) Retire
(d) Start his own business

5. When does Gertie think Clovis will return home?
(a) Never
(b) The next day
(c) In a few weeks
(d) After the war

Short Answer Questions

1. For what was Gertie's mother thankful to Gertie?

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

3. How does Gertie travel at the beginning of chapter one?

4. Why does Gertie's mother say Gertie betrayed Clovis?

5. Why did Reuben cut the crooked cedar?

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