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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What takes the joy out of his hunting triumph for Reuben?
(a) Getting in trouble for shooting it illegally
(b) Getting yelled at for hunting on Sunday
(c) Knowing his father is not there to see it
(d) Remembering Henley is dead

2. Why did Gertie go out to start the truck?
(a) Clovis is unable to drive
(b) Clovis wanted to kiss he children goodbye
(c) Clovis forgot his wallet upstairs
(d) Gertie wanted to get away from Clovis

3. How do Gertie and the children travel?
(a) Train
(b) Car
(c) Mule
(d) Truck

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

5. How did Clovis get his job?
(a) On his experience
(b) By telling lies
(c) The tremendous need of the company
(d) By bribing the boss

Short Answer Questions

1. On what topic does Mrs. Bales' argue with more than one person about?

2. Which of the following is not something Gertie's mother talks about in the sitting room with Gertie?

3. Which of the following characters is the main character?

4. Which of the children has a similar dream to Gertie's of living on a farm?

5. Which of the following jobs does Joe hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Gertie wants to avoid her mother?

2. What does Gertie think about the idea that Clovis would be working in one of the factories?

3. When does Clovis tell Gertie she will have regular money?

4. Why does the boy that Gertie and Cassie meet on the way to school tell Gertie she should not tell lies?

5. Why had Gertie been saving money for years?

6. What effect does Gertie's rejection of Clovis' kiss have?

7. What happens to the children as Gertie's mother describes the possible life in Detroit?

8. What happens when Gertie finds out Henley wants to give her all the money he had been saving for his own farm?

9. Describe Gertie's neighbor Sophronie Meanwell.

10. What is a problem with Gertie that is clearly defined in this chapter?

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