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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why did Gertie go out to start the truck?
(a) Clovis wanted to kiss he children goodbye
(b) Clovis is unable to drive
(c) Clovis forgot his wallet upstairs
(d) Gertie wanted to get away from Clovis
2. Who tells Gertie that she cannot whip them as she threatened?
(a) Enoch
(b) Reuben
(c) Clytie
(d) Cassie
3. What does Henley leave to Gertie in his will?
(a) Nothing
(b) His copy of the Bible
(c) His favorite pocket knife
(d) All his money
4. Which of the following is not something Gertie's mother talks about in the sitting room with Gertie?
(a) Disappointment in Gertie
(b) Faith in the Bible
(c) Ill health
(d) How proud she is of Gertie
5. Where does Clovis want to take the children to go visiting?
(a) The neighbor's home
(b) Gertie's parents
(c) To visit Amos in the clinic
(d) Clovis' parents
6. What makes everyone stop talking and wait?
(a) The sound of a unique car approaching
(b) Gertie digging for potatoes
(c) Clovis returning
(d) Old John offering to sell Tipton place to Gertie
7. How long has Clovis been gone at the beginning of chapter six?
(a) One month
(b) One week
(c) One day
(d) One year
8. Which of the children has a similar dream to Gertie's of living on a farm?
(a) Clytie
(b) Cassie
(c) Enoch
(d) Reuben
9. How was Gertie's brother killed?
(a) Suicide
(b) War
(c) Murder
(d) Disease
10. How do Gertie and the children travel?
(a) Car
(b) Train
(c) Mule
(d) Truck
11. How did Gertie learn to read?
(a) She cannot read
(b) School
(c) The Bible
(d) Brother
12. What happened to the shaving strop?
(a) Cassie hid it
(b) It is broken
(c) It is in the trash
(d) Clovis took it with him
13. Which of the following animals does Gertie carve in Detroit?
(a) Octopus
(b) Cat
(c) Hen
(d) Dog
14. How much does Gertie offer to pay the officer for the ride?
(a) Two dollars
(b) Ten dollars
(c) One dollar
(d) Five dollars
15. What does Gertie say she will use to whip the children?
(a) Switch
(b) Rope
(c) Shaving strop
(d) Belt
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Clovis get his job?
2. How much money did Gertie inherit?
3. Which of the following characters is now a prisoner of war?
4. Which of the following words best describes how Cassie feels about school?
5. Which of the following is the medical procedure which Gertie performed on Amos?
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