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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 2, how much were the sandals discounted that Gertie wears to school?
2. In Chapter 6, who knows the capital of North Dakota?
3. In Chapter 10, what is the bus driver chewing on when Gertie gets on the bus?
4. In Chapter 12, how many of Gertie's pencils are broken?
5. In Chapter 11, who is helping Mary Sue hang posters for her new club?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 6, how is Gertie working at the end of the chapter?
2. What does Gertie remember in Chapter 9 about seeing her mother at the grocery store?
3. In Chapter 5, what plan do Jean and Gertie consider to stop Mary Sue from being the most popular girl in school, and why do they not carry it out?
4. In Chapter 1, what does Gertie do with a frog she finds in a culvert?
5. In Chapter 4, who is Audrey, and what is she doing when Gertie comes home from school?
6. In Chapter 1, what is said about Gertie being tenacious?
7. In Chapter 10, what is different about Junior's hair?
8. In Chapter 7, where do Jean and Gertie go to church, and what do they do when they meet there?
9. In Chapter 5, how does Gertie describe her father?
10. In Chapter 2, what does Gertie look like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some instances when Gertie is impulsive and does not think before she acts? What does she learn from her impulsive behavior?
Essay Topic 2
Gertie learns some important lessons in the novel. What lessons does Gertie learn in the novel? How do those lessons help her grow and mature?
Essay Topic 3
In the novel, some characters are described in more details than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
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