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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 did Willa Jo, Little Sister and their mother do after Baby's death to seem less lonely?
(a) They held hands all the time.
(b) They slept in the same bed.
(c) They visited family members.
(d) They had dinners with friends.

2. What does Aunt Patty threaten to do if the girls won't come down off the roof?
(a) Call the Police Chief.
(b) Call their father.
(c) Call their mother.
(d) Call the Fire Department.

3. How many pets does Aunt Patty have?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

4. Willa Jo refuses to take Little Sister to join the other girls for lunch because ________________________.
(a) Little Sister has an upset stomach.
(b) they do not have cute lunch boxes.
(c) she does not want her to get any ticks.
(d) they forgot to bring lunch.

5. What does Little Sister bring into the kitchen one day?
(a) Newts.
(b) Kittens.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Lightning bugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cynthia curtly tells Willa Jo that Aunt Patty could send the girls to ___________________ when she gets tired of them.

2. What does Isaac bring to Little Sister?

3. Which of the following best describes Aunt Patty?

4. What is the name of the family staying in the vacation bungalows across from Aunt Patty's house?

5. What does Aunt Patty tell Willa Jo about Liz?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aunt Patty show her intense frustration about Willa Jo to Mrs. Biddle?

2. Who is Miss Pettibone and why is she irritated with Little Sister?

3. Explain how Aunt Patty's control issues frustrate her regarding the girls.

4. How does Aunt Patty surprise Noreen and the girls one day while they are napping?

5. What is revealed about the time surrounding Baby's death which explains why Willa Jo and Little Sister want to sit on the roof at Aunt Patty's house?

6. How does Little Sister communicate since she has stopped talking, and what does Aunt Patty think about it?

7. How does Aunt Patty feel when she hears the girls tell their mother that they want to come home?

8. Who is Elizabeth Fingers and how do the girls meet her?

9. Why does Willa Jo resent Uncle Hob's response to the girls' new clothes and why does Willa Jo think that Aunt Patty doesn't know much about children?

10. What is Willa Jo doing at the beginning of the book which irritates and frustrates her Aunt Patty?

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