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

3. How long has Clovis been gone at the beginning of chapter six?
(a) One month
(b) One year
(c) One day
(d) One week

4. What does Gertie dream of carving?
(a) A man
(b) A cradle
(c) A cane
(d) A wooden cane

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

6. Which of the following words describes Gertie's mother?
(a) Loving
(b) Kind hearted
(c) Deceptive
(d) Manipulative

7. Why does Gertie direct the mule into the path of the car?
(a) To try to kill herself
(b) To make them stop to help
(c) She could not control the mule
(d) To make the car crash

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

9. What does Max tell Gertie she needs?
(a) Food
(b) Friends
(c) A home
(d) Something to dream of

10. What does Gertie carry on the way to school which Clytie finds embarrassing?
(a) Handcarved basket
(b) Backpack
(c) Poncho
(d) Large purse

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

12. How often has Gertie been to the doctor?
(a) Never
(b) Once
(c) Many times
(d) Twice

13. 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

14. When does Gertie think Clovis will return home?
(a) After the war
(b) Never
(c) The next day
(d) In a few weeks

15. Which of the children has difficulty reading?
(a) Cassie
(b) Clytie
(c) Enoch
(d) Reuben