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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 Enoch say about the dolls which upsets and bothers Gertie?
(a) They will not be made any longer and therefore are rare
(b) They are one of a kind
(c) They are hand carved
(d) They are unique

2. Which of the following seems to be the most logical reason as to why Gertie would agree to accept money for chores when it would upset Clovis?
(a) To become friends with the neighbors
(b) To pay off Clovis's debts
(c) To save money to buy her farm
(d) To make Clovis leave her

3. According to what Max tells Gertie, who controls Max's life and tells her how to live?
(a) Victor's mother
(b) No one, she controls her own life
(c) Victor
(d) The Daly's

4. What device does Gertie use for the first time in chapter 35?
(a) Microwave
(b) Clothes dryer
(c) Pay phone
(d) Washing machine

5. What does Mr. Daly accuse Gertie of doing as she tries to take her child back in the house after the fight?
(a) Letting her child get away with everything
(b) Giving her child a knife
(c) Ignoring the facts before her face
(d) Beating his wife

Short Answer Questions

1. Which child's conference at school went worst?

2. What makes the family turn into full production of making the dolls using the jigsaw in chapter 32?

3. Why does Cassie decide to wear her coat inside?

4. What does Maggie leave to do?

5. What does Clovis want Gertie to make Cassie do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gertie believe will be necessary in order for her to take Cassie's body home to the housing development?

2. How does Clovis attempt to make Gertie feel better after Cassie's death?

3. Describe an incident of irony regarding Clovis and Gertie and Tipton Place.

4. What is Clovis complaining about after he comes home from a very bad day at work?

5. What happens when Gertie is overwhelmed by the children's constant arguing?

6. When Gertie helps Mrs. Anderson by watching her children, one runs away. While Gertie is searching for him, what does she pass that reminds her of Cassie?

7. Why doesn't Gertie continue to carve the block of cherry wood?

8. Describe in detail Cassie's final moments in Gertie's arms.

9. When Gertie tells Clovis that her mother said that she should not buy Tipton Place, what does Clovis say which surprises Gertie?

10. What happens to Clovis at work one night?

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