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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. How was Gertie's brother killed?
(a) Suicide
(b) War
(c) Murder
(d) Disease

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

3. Which of the following is not something Gertie's mother talks about in the sitting room with Gertie?
(a) Faith in the Bible
(b) Disappointment in Gertie
(c) How proud she is of Gertie
(d) Ill health

4. Which of the following characters is now a prisoner of war?
(a) Henley
(b) Clovis
(c) Jesse
(d) Clovis's father

5. Where does this story begin?
(a) Tennessee
(b) Texas
(c) Illinois
(d) Kentucky

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the shaving strop?

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

3. Why did Gertie go out to start the truck?

4. For what was Gertie's mother thankful to Gertie?

5. What animal did Reuben kill when hunting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens right before Clovis leaves for his physical?

4. What is evident that both Clovis and Gertie share?

5. What new information is learned about Max's relationship with her husband?

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

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

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

9. Describe Gertie's neighbor Sophronie Meanwell.

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

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