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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which organization does Clovis belong?
(a) Union
(b) Management
(c) Funeral directors
(d) Police

2. Which word best describes how injured Clovis is when he is beaten?
(a) Barely
(b) Critically
(c) Seriously
(d) Mortally

3. What does Gertie dream of in Chapter 28?
(a) Escaping from Clovis and returning to Kentucky alone
(b) Being back in her own land where flowers and vegetables were growing
(c) Killing herself on the train tracks
(d) Cassie being alive and playing with her

4. Which of the following bothers Gertie more and more every day?
(a) Mr. Daly's preaching about the Catholics
(b) Clovis's scars
(c) Labor relations
(d) Telling lies

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

6. What makes the family turn into full production of making the dolls using the jigsaw in chapter 32?
(a) Clovis is laid off
(b) To pay Clovis's union dues
(c) To overcome Gertie's grief
(d) To save money for Gertie's dream

7. Where does Gertie want to take Cassie after she dies?
(a) To the Tipton Place
(b) Back to the complex
(c) Kentucky
(d) Back to her childhood farm

8. Why is Gertie unable to work on the cherry block of wood?
(a) She never has any time to whittle anymore
(b) Clovis sold the cherry block of wood
(c) She lost her carving knife
(d) She still can't see the face

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

10. What causes tension within the apartment complex?
(a) Constant fights among the children
(b) Marital discord
(c) The carving business
(d) Labor relations

11. Whom does Mr. Daly say uses the Constitution to defend their actions?
(a) Unions
(b) Socialists
(c) Americans
(d) Communists

12. Why does Cassie decide to wear her coat inside?
(a) She wears it because her imaginary friend told her to
(b) She is cold and there is no heat
(c) She has a note from her teacher
(d) She is afraid of Clovis

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

14. What kind of scheme does Clovis blame for using Gertie's savings?
(a) Unknown
(b) Kickback
(c) Corrupt
(d) Legal

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what do the Meanwell and Daly children play?

2. What does Maggie want to teach Gertie in order for her to fix her wooden statue?

3. What happens to the union leader who wants to go on strike?

4. What does Mrs. Daly tell Gertie that she thinks Clovis is doing when he is angry and throws the pan out into the snow?

5. What type of fight do Gertie's children get into in chapter sixteen?

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