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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. Why did Reuben cut the crooked cedar?
(a) To make a path
(b) To give Gertie something to carve
(c) To get a better shot at the bear
(d) So the straight one could grow

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

3. Which of the children could be described using the term prissy?
(a) Reuben
(b) Cassie
(c) Enoch
(d) Clytie

4. Which of the following characters is not a neighbor of Gertie's in Detroit?
(a) Sophronie
(b) Max
(c) Maggie
(d) Megan

5. On what did Gertie spend Henley's money?
(a) Truck
(b) Tipton Place
(c) Clothes
(d) Car

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words best describes how Gertie feels once she is at the doctor's office?

2. How did Gertie learn to read?

3. How was Gertie's brother killed?

4. Where does Clytie think Clovis has gone?

5. Why does Gertie leave many trees alone when she goes out for wood to make axe handles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gertie decide to take Cassie with her to her parent's house?

2. What does Reuben hope to see in Gertie as she talks to her mother about her dreams?

3. What is Joe's response when Gertie asks him how long it took him to like his new life?

4. After the teachers tell Gertie not to worry about her children because they will adjust, what does Gertie wonder?

5. Why doesn't Gertie tell her husband that she performed the surgery?

6. What does Reuben say when Gertie tells him of her hope to have their own farm?

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

8. Gertie meets a black woman on the train. What does this woman tell Gertie which surprises Gertie?

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

10. What joke does Gertie make with Cassie as they pass by the Tipton family house?

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