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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. Which of the children has a similar dream to Gertie's of living on a farm?
(a) Reuben
(b) Clytie
(c) Cassie
(d) Enoch
2. Who tells Gertie that she cannot whip them as she threatened?
(a) Cassie
(b) Reuben
(c) Enoch
(d) Clytie
3. Which of the children could be described using the term prissy?
(a) Clytie
(b) Enoch
(c) Reuben
(d) Cassie
4. At the beginning of chapter nine, what is Gertie doing as she reflects on how long it has been since Henley left and then was killed?
(a) Making the beds
(b) Feeding the dogs
(c) Sipping her coffee
(d) Churning butter
5. Whom is Clovis jealous of?
(a) Gertie's father
(b) Henley
(c) Meg
(d) Gertie
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Clovis get his job?
2. Why does Gertie direct the mule into the path of the car?
3. Which of the following is the medical procedure which Gertie performed on Amos?
4. Which of the following words best describes how Gertie feels once she is at the doctor's office?
5. Why does Gertie vomit?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the boy that Gertie and Cassie meet on the way to school tell Gertie she should not tell lies?
2. Why doesn't Gertie tell her husband that she performed the surgery?
3. At the beginning of chapter ten, Gertie awakens from a dream about what?
4. How much change does the officer give to Gertie for the ride into town?
5. What effect does Gertie's rejection of Clovis' kiss have?
6. What does Gertie learn as she reads the letter from Clovis?
7. What happens when Gertie finds out Henley wants to give her all the money he had been saving for his own farm?
8. What symbol is used to demonstrate the differences between Gertie and Clovis in chapter five?
9. While Gertie is digging for potatoes, what good news does she receive?
10. What does Reuben hope to see in Gertie as she talks to her mother about her dreams?
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