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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gertie enjoy imagining?
(a) Life for Clovis once he is in the Army
(b) Henley still being alive
(c) Life after her children are grown
(d) Her life at Tipton Place

2. What is the family rule regarding Sundays?
(a) Never visit on this day
(b) Always go to church
(c) Always stay together
(d) No hunting

3. Why did Reuben cut the crooked cedar?
(a) So the straight one could grow
(b) To get a better shot at the bear
(c) To make a path
(d) To give Gertie something to carve

4. 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) Feeding the dogs
(b) Churning butter
(c) Making the beds
(d) Sipping her coffee

5. Where does this story begin?
(a) Texas
(b) Illinois
(c) Tennessee
(d) Kentucky

6. Which character carves like Gertie does?
(a) Callie Lou
(b) Gertie's father
(c) Gertie's mother
(d) Cassie

7. Where does Clovis want to take the children to go visiting?
(a) Gertie's parents
(b) Clovis' parents
(c) To visit Amos in the clinic
(d) The neighbor's home

8. Where does Gertie move?
(a) Her mother's house
(b) Into Tipton Place
(c) In with Old John
(d) Her mother-in-law's house

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

10. Who is Callie Lou?
(a) Invisible friend
(b) Gertie's sister
(c) Clovis's mother
(d) Daughter to Gertie

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

12. What does Gertie say she will use to whip the children?
(a) Switch
(b) Rope
(c) Belt
(d) Shaving strop

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

14. On what did Gertie spend Henley's money?
(a) Truck
(b) Car
(c) Clothes
(d) Tipton Place

15. Where does Gertie's mother say Henley is?
(a) Heaven
(b) In a better place
(c) Away on a trip
(d) Hell

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Gertie and the children move?

2. Which of the following words best describes how Gertie feels once she is at the doctor's office?

3. Which of the following literary elements is not found in chapters six through nine?

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

5. What happened to the shaving strop?

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