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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words does NOT describe how Clovis feels after he is beaten?
(a) Angry
(b) Relieved
(c) Obsessed
(d) Vengeful

2. According to Clovis, why had Gertie's mother allowed her to marry Clovis?
(a) Because Clovis and Henley were friendly
(b) Because Clovis gave Gertie's family money for her
(c) Because Henley was big enough to take over Gertie's workload
(d) Because Clovis had ambition and funds

3. With what does Mr. Daly bully Enoch?
(a) Talk of stealing
(b) Police calls
(c) Talk about religion
(d) School threats

4. Whose kids' Christmas presents does Gertie allow to be hid in her house?
(a) Sophronie
(b) Max
(c) Maggie
(d) No one's

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

6. Which character's children had his or her tonsils out and were watched afterward by Gertie?
(a) Victor
(b) Sophronie
(c) Maggie
(d) Mr. Anderson

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

8. What device does Gertie use for the first time in chapter 35?
(a) Washing machine
(b) Microwave
(c) Clothes dryer
(d) Pay phone

9. What does Enoch build with scrap lumber?
(a) Fence
(b) Doll
(c) Doghouse
(d) Birdhouse

10. What does Mrs. Anderson complain about having to give up for her husband's career?
(a) Painting
(b) Drawing
(c) Writing
(d) Sewing

11. Who leaves the complex in chapter 31?
(a) Gertie
(b) Daly's
(c) Max
(d) Andersons

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

13. What put Clovis in a good mood at the end of chapter 23?
(a) Winning the lottery
(b) Finding a note from Reuben
(c) Getting a pay raise
(d) Gertie cooking a fine meal on the new stove

14. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Max ask for when he comes to Gertie?

2. Where does Gertie want to take Cassie after she dies?

3. What does Clovis make for Gertie?

4. What does Mr. Daly accuse Gertie of doing as she tries to take her child back in the house after the fight?

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

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