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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 is the name of the road where the family has lived?
(a) Clyo Road.
(b) Buskins Road.
(c) Notch Road.
(d) Katzenbarger Road.

2. Miss Beach asks Mama if she can work for two weeks in the ____________________.
(a) Sewing room.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Attic.
(d) Orchard.

3. What job does Francie give Prez?
(a) Pick weeds.
(b) Wash the dog.
(c) Pick up groceries.
(d) Milk the cow.

4. Why does Francie suddenly leave work at the school teacher's home?
(a) She is afraid Jesse will be caught during a shed search.
(b) She hears gunshots in the direction of their house.
(c) She has food poisoning.
(d) She hears the whistle of Daddy's train coming.

5. Prez tells Francie that Mr. Bellamy looks as if _____________________.
(a) He is not going to live much longer.
(b) He will recover.
(c) He has been going to physical therapy.
(d) Nothing has happened to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mama order Francie to retrieve the empty jars before morning?

2. What can Francie see of Jesse when he hides in her house?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Jesse when he appears at Francie's house?

4. Francie and her mother work for ______________, a school teacher.

5. What food does Mama take for the trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Miss Lafayette give Francie about helping Jesse?

2. Why does Clarissa Montgomery drive to Francine's house on the night the men and the dogs are searching for Jesse?

3. What does Francie see the Bascombs doing as she sneaks through the woods?

4. Who is Mr. Early? Why is he so intent on capturing Jesse?

5. Why is Francie disheartened when she sees Alberta again?

6. Where does Jesse say he is headed? What does Francie do to try to protect him for the night?

7. What has Mama brought home from Green's for herself, Francie, and Prez?

8. What does Mama's comment to Miss Beach about September foreshadow for the family?

9. What is the content of Daddy's letter? How does the family react to it?

10. What impact has Francie's father's not arriving had on the family?

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