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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 animal did Reuben kill when hunting?
(a) Squirrel
(b) Mountain lion
(c) Bear
(d) Deer
2. Which word best describes how Gertie feels about affection attempts from her husband?
(a) Uncomfortable
(b) Disgusted
(c) Relieved
(d) Excited
3. Why does Gertie read to her children from the Bible during chapter three?
(a) Because it is the only book they own
(b) To help them get over their grief for Henley
(c) To teach them how to read
(d) To provide them with religious instruction
4. Which of the children has a similar dream to Gertie's of living on a farm?
(a) Reuben
(b) Clytie
(c) Cassie
(d) Enoch
5. Why are the children quarrelsome at the end of chapter five?
(a) They are tired
(b) They are bored
(c) They are afraid
(d) They are excited
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Clytie think Clovis has gone?
2. Which of the following terrifies Cassie about the new home in Detroit?
3. Where does Gertie's mother say Henley is?
4. Which of the following appliances gives Gertie considerable trouble?
5. What does Mrs. Bales say she sees in the block of cherry wood?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Gertie's neighbor Sophronie Meanwell.
2. What symbol is used to demonstrate the differences between Gertie and Clovis in chapter five?
3. What happens to the children as Gertie's mother describes the possible life in Detroit?
4. What does Reuben say when Gertie tells him of her hope to have their own farm?
5. What does Reuben hope to see in Gertie as she talks to her mother about her dreams?
6. After the teachers tell Gertie not to worry about her children because they will adjust, what does Gertie wonder?
7. Why is Clytie crying at the beginning of chapter three?
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. At the beginning of chapter ten, Gertie awakens from a dream about what?
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