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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Gertie's mother say Gertie betrayed Clovis?
(a) Gertie is keeping his children from him
(b) She bought Tipton Place
(c) Gertie had an affair
(d) Gertie did not move immediately to Detroit

3. What animal did Reuben kill when hunting?
(a) Bear
(b) Squirrel
(c) Deer
(d) Mountain lion

4. Which of the following words best describes how Gertie feels after seeing the school?
(a) Disappointed
(b) Surprised
(c) Excited
(d) Relieved

5. Which of the following words best describes how the cab driver responds to the excitement of Gertie's children?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Ignoring
(c) Excitedly
(d) Mocking

6. How did Clovis get his job?
(a) On his experience
(b) By bribing the boss
(c) The tremendous need of the company
(d) By telling lies

7. Why does Gertie vomit?
(a) Pregnancy
(b) Nerves from traveling with the children
(c) The unfamiliar feeling, sights and smells of the train
(d) Did not want to go to Detroit

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

9. What frightens Cassie while they are at Gertie's parent's house?
(a) Gertie's crying
(b) Gertie's mother yelling
(c) Henley's presence
(d) Gertie's father's accident

10. As it rains, for what is Gertie grateful about the new house?
(a) That Clovis is not there
(b) That the children are safe
(c) That the windows are solid
(d) That she moved before the rain started

11. Why did Gertie go out to start the truck?
(a) Clovis forgot his wallet upstairs
(b) Clovis wanted to kiss he children goodbye
(c) Gertie wanted to get away from Clovis
(d) Clovis is unable to drive

12. Which of the children has a similar dream to Gertie's of living on a farm?
(a) Reuben
(b) Enoch
(c) Clytie
(d) Cassie

13. How much does Gertie offer to pay the officer for the ride?
(a) One dollar
(b) Two dollars
(c) Five dollars
(d) Ten dollars

14. For what was Gertie's mother thankful to Gertie?
(a) Hard work on the farm as a girl
(b) Visiting on Sundays
(c) Helping to cook the meal for the preacher
(d) Helping her father in the workshop

15. What makes everyone stop talking and wait?
(a) The sound of a unique car approaching
(b) Old John offering to sell Tipton place to Gertie
(c) Gertie digging for potatoes
(d) Clovis returning

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals does Gertie carve in Detroit?

2. Which of the following jobs does Joe hold?

3. What does Gertie have to help the children get into for their first day of school?

4. Which of the following is the best definition for tongue-tied?

5. What does Mrs. Bales say she sees in the block of cherry wood?

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