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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Daly tell Gertie that she thinks Clovis is doing when he is angry and throws the pan out into the snow?
(a) Venting his frustrations over his shift change
(b) Ruining her life
(c) Abusing Gertie
(d) Drinking

2. What gift had Gertie taken to the Dalys to give to Maggie?
(a) Head of an infant
(b) Crucifix
(c) Block of cherry wood
(d) Hand-carved bird

3. On what does Clovis compliment Gertie?
(a) Ability to carve
(b) Ability to save
(c) Ability to care for the children
(d) Ability to cook

4. Which of Gertie's children is involved in the fight with the Daly children which Gertie witnesses?
(a) Whit
(b) Enoch
(c) Reuben
(d) Cassie

5. What does Maggie want to teach Gertie in order for her to fix her wooden statue?
(a) How to knit
(b) Where to shop for bargains
(c) How to do the laundry
(d) How to use the stove better

6. Which of the following terms best describes Reuben as the new school term begins?
(a) Excited
(b) Dramatic
(c) Morose
(d) Sullen

7. When Gertie quotes from the Bible about drinking, which is the main message?
(a) Drinking is wrong
(b) People drink to hide their misery
(c) Drinking is good
(d) People drink to get away from their spouses

8. What does Clytie tell Cassie people are making fun of her?
(a) Because of her tattered clothing
(b) Because she is smaller than all of the other children
(c) Because of her imaginary friend
(d) Because she refuses to talk to other kids her own age

9. Which of her children does Gertie cling to after the loss of Cassie?
(a) Amos
(b) Enoch
(c) Reuben
(d) Clytie

10. Why does Mr. Anderson begin to wear white shirts?
(a) To make the neighbors respect him
(b) To impress his wife
(c) To save on laundry costs
(d) To be like his boss

11. Which child's conference at school went worst?
(a) Enoch's
(b) Reuben's
(c) Whit's
(d) Cassie's

12. What kinds of food does Mrs. Anderson feed her children which would upset her husband?
(a) Eggs and milk
(b) Candy and treats
(c) Fried foods
(d) Pork products

13. What type of fight do Gertie's children get into in chapter sixteen?
(a) Fist
(b) Snowball
(c) Karate
(d) Verbal

14. Which of the following best describes Flint?
(a) Gertie's best customer for her dolls
(b) Mr. Daly
(c) The company's combative owner
(d) Maggi's beau

15. What mistake does Gertie make related to Easter?
(a) Buys Clovis a present which he dislikes
(b) Tries to shop on Good Friday
(c) Buys too much candy for her family
(d) Refuses to celebrate Easter

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Cassie at school which causes the other children to tease her and for her to become more withdrawn?

2. What does Enoch say about the dolls which upsets and bothers Gertie?

3. Which character's children had his or her tonsils out and were watched afterward by Gertie?

4. Which of the following terms best describes Gertie in Chapter 28?

5. Why does Clovis refrain from going outside?

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