2. Which of the following appliances gives Gertie considerable trouble?
(a) Gas stove
(b) Washing machine
(c) Refrigerator
(d) Dryer

3. Which of the following is a climactic reversal of fortune?
(a) Old John's preliminary agreement to sell the place
(b) Mother's manipulating Gertie into going into the city
(c) Gertie wondering where Clovis is and when she will be able to buy the Tipton Place
(d) Cassie's difficulty learning to read

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

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

6. Over what did Gertie and Clovis argue?
(a) Tipton place
(b) Army physical
(c) Animals
(d) Water bucket

7. Which of the following animals does Gertie carve in Detroit?
(a) Octopus
(b) Dog
(c) Cat
(d) Hen

8. From what type of wood does she want to use to carve the man?
(a) Oak
(b) Mahogany
(c) Maple
(d) Cherry

9. What happens to Gertie's dream of living in Tipton Place by the end of chapter nine?
(a) Realized only
(b) Destroyed only
(c) Unchanged
(d) Realized and destroyed

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

11. How does Gertie travel at the beginning of chapter one?
(a) Donkey
(b) Car
(c) Mule
(d) Truck

12. Why is Gertie traveling into town?
(a) To rebuild a new life
(b) To find work
(c) To escape from her life
(d) Amos is close to dying

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

14. Which of the following is the best definition for tongue-tied?
(a) Mute
(b) Unable to speak from shyness or embarrassment
(c) Unwilling to speak due to orders or commands
(d) Tongue is to big for the mouth

15. What happened to the shaving strop?
(a) It is broken
(b) Cassie hid it
(c) Clovis took it with him
(d) It is in the trash