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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 one of the first rules that the girls learn about Aunt Patty's house?
(a) They have to make their beds before going outside.
(b) They can't enter the house by the front door.
(c) They will attend church each Sunday.
(d) They must dress up for dinner every night.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Elizabeth?
(a) Red hair.
(b) Tall.
(c) Long hair.
(d) Skinny.

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

4. What do some of the girls get from playing in the grass at Bible School?
(a) Itchy eyes.
(b) Grass stains.
(c) Poison Ivy.
(d) Ticks.

5. What is the name of the family staying in the vacation bungalows across from Aunt Patty's house?
(a) Furrows.
(b) Fists.
(c) Fuhrbar.
(d) Fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaac give to Aunt Patty?

2. What does Elizabeth do when Willa Jo and Little Sister cry?

3. Which of Aunt Patty's neighbors has been nice to Willa and Little Sister?

4. Mrs. Wainwright is president of which organization?

5. Liz tells Aunt Patty that it is nice of her to invite Cynthia over to play because ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life like for Willa Jo, Little Sister and their mother after Baby died?

2. Why is Willa Jo envious of the relationship Liz has with her mother?

3. 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?

4. What are some of the rules that Aunt Patty has in her house?

5. What did Willa Jo and Little Sister's mother tell them about where Baby went?

6. Who does Aunt Patty threaten to call if the girls won't come down from the roof and how does Willa Jo stonewall her?

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

8. Who is Cynthia Wainwright and how do the girls meet her?

9. Why does Aunt Patty eventually offer to take Willa Jo and Little Sister for awhile?

10. How does Cynthia's mother indicate that she knows her daughter is misbehaving while playing with the girls?

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