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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. Why does Gertie leave many trees alone when she goes out for wood to make axe handles?
(a) To provide shade
(b) To let them grow straight
(c) To use later to build a barn
(d) To protect the property

2. Why does Clytie say that Clovis is angry and throws the pan out into the snow?
(a) Venting his frustrations over his shift change
(b) Ruining her life
(c) Drinking
(d) Abusing Gertie

3. When does Clovis leave for his physical?
(a) Right at sunrise
(b) In the middle of the night
(c) Right at sunset
(d) In the middle of the afternoon

4. What derogatory term do the people in the train station call Gertie?
(a) Blockhead
(b) Thickheaded
(c) Stupid
(d) Hillbilly

5. Which of the following literary elements is not found in chapters six through nine?
(a) Conclusion
(b) Suspense
(c) Mini climax
(d) Mini plot

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gertie appear to handle behavioral issues that arise with the children?

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

3. Which word best describes how Gertie feels about affection attempts from her husband?

4. Which of the following terms best describes how the other children treated the one child who had difficulty reading?

5. What makes the family turn into full production of making the dolls using the jigsaw in chapter 32?

(see the answer key)

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