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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 12?
(a) "The Long winter, and Spring, and Summer".
(b) "One Rainy Afternoon".
(c) "The Christmas Party".
(d) "A Taste of Heaven".

2. Who does Chris overhear saying that their grandfather has been dead for months?
(a) John Amos.
(b) Bartholomew Wilson.
(c) Malcolm Garland.
(d) Jim Johnson.

3. Who yells at the Mother when she comes to visit the children in Chapter 17?
(a) Carrie.
(b) Chris.
(c) Cory.
(d) Cathy.

4. Who stands near a window and is reprimanded by the grandmother in Chapter 15?
(a) Carrie.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Cory.
(d) Chris.

5. What does Chris decide to steal right before they are going to run away?
(a) His grandfather's money.
(b) His mother's clothes.
(c) His grandmother's jewels.
(d) His mother's jewels.

6. Where do Cathy and Chris hide to watch the Christmas Party in the mansion?
(a) In the rafters.
(b) Under a table.
(c) In a cupboard.
(d) In a closet.

7. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) "The Long Winter and Spring and Summer".
(b) "The Christmas Party".
(c) "Minutes Like Hours".
(d) "Holidays".

8. How long does the grandmother make the children go without food because Cathy won't cut her hair?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) A day.
(d) A week.

9. What is the title of Chapter 16 of the book?
(a) "Escape".
(b) "Color All Days Blue, but Save one for Black".
(c) "To Find a Friend".
(d) "My Stepfather".

10. How is the Mother dressed at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) In sailing clothes.
(b) In blue jeans.
(c) In a bathing suit.
(d) In an expensive gown.

11. What does Cathy have a desire to do to her stepfather when she finds him asleep in a chair?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Hit him.
(c) Wake him up.
(d) Hug him.

12. What does the Mother tell the children is the reason she has been gone so long in Chapter 18?
(a) Her father died.
(b) She moved.
(c) She got pregnant.
(d) She remarried.

13. What do Chris and Cathy do at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Fight.
(b) Hug.
(c) Make love.
(d) Kiss.

14. What is the title of Chapter 14?
(a) "A Taste of Heaven".
(b) At Last, Momma".
(c) "One Rainy Afternoon".
(d) "To Find a Friend".

15. What does Chris tell Cathy is only something he should be able to do?
(a) Be with her.
(b) Talk to her.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Touch her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cathy cut Chris' hair to make him look like in the book?

2. What is the title of Chapter 18?

3. What is the title of Chapter 11?

4. What do the children find to put the pet mouse in?

5. What rare treat does the grandmother include in the basket when she finally gives them food in Chapter 13?

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