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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 dream of carving?
(a) A man
(b) A cradle
(c) A cane
(d) A wooden cane

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

3. What does Gertie hope to buy one day?
(a) New clothes
(b) A car
(c) Tipton Place
(d) Titon Farms

4. Which character carves like Gertie does?
(a) Gertie's mother
(b) Callie Lou
(c) Gertie's father
(d) Cassie

5. Who does Gertie leave Amos with while she takes the kids to school for the first day?
(a) Max
(b) Maggie
(c) Clovis
(d) Sophronie

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Clovis get his job?

2. What does Clovis want to do as his future job once he leaves the Army?

3. At the beginning of chapter five, why does Gertie awaken early?

4. How often has Gertie been to the doctor?

5. What does Gertie enjoy imagining?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Reuben hope to see in Gertie as she talks to her mother about her dreams?

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

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

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

6. How much change does the officer give to Gertie for the ride into town?

7. What effect does Gertie's rejection of Clovis' kiss have?

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

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

10. Describe Gertie's neighbor Sophronie Meanwell.

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