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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 does Gertie say she will use to whip the children?
(a) Rope
(b) Belt
(c) Switch
(d) Shaving strop

2. Why does Gertie vomit?
(a) Pregnancy
(b) Nerves from traveling with the children
(c) The unfamiliar feeling, sights and smells of the train
(d) Did not want to go to Detroit

3. What besides a letter has Clovis sent to Gertie?
(a) Directions to come live with him
(b) Keys to a new car
(c) 60 dollars
(d) His shaving strop

4. When does Gertie think Clovis will return home?
(a) In a few weeks
(b) Never
(c) The next day
(d) After the war

5. Which of the following terrifies Cassie about the new home in Detroit?
(a) The lack of pretty decoration
(b) The shower
(c) The unfriendly lack of welcome she gets when she goes out to find kindling for the coal fire
(d) Banging on the walls from angry neighbors complaining about the noise

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes how the other children treated the one child who had difficulty reading?

2. What does Max tell Gertie she needs?

3. What does Mrs. Bales say she sees in the block of cherry wood?

4. Which of the following words describes Gertie's mother?

5. When does Gertie find the time to do most of her carving?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What symbol is used to demonstrate the differences between Gertie and Clovis in chapter five?

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

4. While Gertie is digging for potatoes, what good news does she receive?

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

6. Describe Gertie's neighbor Sophronie Meanwell.

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

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

9. At the beginning of chapter ten, Gertie awakens from a dream about what?

10. What does Gertie learn as she reads the letter from Clovis?

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