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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 frightens Cassie while they are at Gertie's parent's house?
(a) Gertie's mother yelling
(b) Henley's presence
(c) Gertie's father's accident
(d) Gertie's crying

2. How long has Clovis been gone at the beginning of chapter six?
(a) One month
(b) One day
(c) One week
(d) One year

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

4. Which of the children has a similar dream to Gertie's of living on a farm?
(a) Reuben
(b) Clytie
(c) Enoch
(d) Cassie

5. What is Gertie doing when Old John comes to talk to her?
(a) Waiting in the post office
(b) Talking to Clovis's mother
(c) Watching Cassie learn to read
(d) Digging potatoes

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gertie's mother say leads Henley into heathenism?

2. What animal did Reuben kill when hunting?

3. Why does Gertie direct the mule into the path of the car?

4. Where does Gertie move?

5. What is the family rule regarding Sundays?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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