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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Willa Jo and Little Sister doing on the roof?
(a) Watching the sun.
(b) Retrieving a ball.
(c) Getting a suntan.
(d) Rescuing a baby bird.

2. What is the woman in #3 doing when Willa Jo sees her?
(a) Mowing the lawn.
(b) Watering flowers.
(c) Jogging.
(d) Taking out the trash.

3. How can Cynthia best be described?
(a) Quiet and shy.
(b) Generous.
(c) Spoiled brat.
(d) Friendly.

4. What does Aunt Patty tell Willa Jo as the story begins?
(a) She needs to finish her homework.
(b) They are leaving for the beach now.
(c) It is time for lunch.
(d) She is fed up with her.

5. Which of the following best describes Aunt Patty?
(a) Spontaneous.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Musical.
(d) Controlling.

6. How old is the woman in #3?
(a) 67.
(b) 50.
(c) 22.
(d) 39.

7. How is Cynthia's hair styled?
(a) A black wedge.
(b) Short pixie cut.
(c) An afro.
(d) Long blonde ringlets.

8. Cynthia curtly tells Willa Jo that Aunt Patty could send the girls to ___________________ when she gets tired of them.
(a) the Orphan's Home.
(b) Summer Camp.
(c) relatives far away.
(d) boarding school.

9. What game do Isaac and Little Sister play?
(a) Cowboys and Indians.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) School.
(d) War and jungle.

10. What job does the girls' mother do?
(a) Works as a nurse in a hospital.
(b) Paints pictures for greeting cards.
(c) Owns a restaurant in town.
(d) Sews and tailors clothing.

11. What does Uncle Hob tell Aunt Patty to get for him after he sees the girls on the roof?
(a) A stack of pancakes.
(b) A bullhorn.
(c) A garden hose.
(d) A ladder.

12. Why does Aunt Patty not want Willa Jo and Little Sister to play with the family across the street?
(a) They are Black.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They are dirty.
(d) They are vulgar.

13. To avoid embarrassment, Aunt Patty tells other people that she sent the girls up to the roof to ___________________.
(a) look for broken roof tiles.
(b) look for their ball.
(c) take photographs.
(d) watch out for Uncle Hob.

14. Where do Liz's brother store and horde things?
(a) Under their beds.
(b) In the shed.
(c) In holes in the woods.
(d) In school lockers.

15. Aunt Patty tells Mrs. Biddle that Willa Jo is ____________________________.
(a) "a blessing."
(b) "not the brightest bulb in the box."
(c) "an angel among us."
(d) "the spawn of the devil."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Isaac?

2. Who is Liz' youngest brother?

3. What does Aunt Patty threaten to do if the girls won't come down off the roof?

4. What game do Willa Jo, Little Sister and Cynthia play?

5. Mrs. Wainwright is president of which organization?

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