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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which character carves like Gertie does?
(a) Cassie
(b) Gertie's father
(c) Callie Lou
(d) Gertie's mother
2. Which word best describes the officer's feelings for Gertie before she preformed the medical procedure on Amos?
(a) Pride
(b) Respect
(c) Distaste
(d) Hatred
3. What happened to the shaving strop?
(a) Cassie hid it
(b) It is broken
(c) Clovis took it with him
(d) It is in the trash
4. How much does Gertie offer to pay the officer for the ride?
(a) Ten dollars
(b) Two dollars
(c) Five dollars
(d) One dollar
5. Who reassures Gertie that Clovis is okay?
(a) The post office clerk
(b) Cassie
(c) The grocery store clerk
(d) Clovis' mother
6. What does Gertie enjoy imagining?
(a) Life after her children are grown
(b) Life for Clovis once he is in the Army
(c) Her life at Tipton Place
(d) Henley still being alive
7. At the beginning of chapter nine, what is Gertie doing as she reflects on how long it has been since Henley left and then was killed?
(a) Sipping her coffee
(b) Feeding the dogs
(c) Making the beds
(d) Churning butter
8. Which of the following literary elements is not found in chapters six through nine?
(a) Conclusion
(b) Mini plot
(c) Suspense
(d) Mini climax
9. Where does this story begin?
(a) Texas
(b) Tennessee
(c) Illinois
(d) Kentucky
10. What makes everyone stop talking and wait?
(a) Old John offering to sell Tipton place to Gertie
(b) Clovis returning
(c) The sound of a unique car approaching
(d) Gertie digging for potatoes
11. How did Clovis get his job?
(a) By telling lies
(b) On his experience
(c) The tremendous need of the company
(d) By bribing the boss
12. Why does Gertie vomit?
(a) Pregnancy
(b) Nerves from traveling with the children
(c) Did not want to go to Detroit
(d) The unfamiliar feeling, sights and smells of the train
13. Which of the following characters is the main character?
(a) Cassie Nevels
(b) Clovis Nevels
(c) Gertie Nevels
(d) Amos Nevels
14. How long has Clovis been gone at the beginning of chapter six?
(a) One day
(b) One month
(c) One week
(d) One year
15. Which of the following characters is now a prisoner of war?
(a) Henley
(b) Clovis's father
(c) Clovis
(d) Jesse
Short Answer Questions
1. Which word best describes how Gertie feels about affection attempts from her husband?
2. What animal did Reuben kill when hunting?
3. Who is Callie Lou?
4. Which of the following words best describes how Gertie feels once she is at the doctor's office?
5. Why did Gertie go out to start the truck?
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