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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. How old is Trisha?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eleven.

2. What object blocks Trisha's path when she first gets lost?
(a) A boulder.
(b) A fallen tree.
(c) A broken fence.
(d) A creek.

3. What two items does Quilla check for before taking the kids on the trail?
(a) Hats and radio.
(b) Lunches and ponchos.
(c) Canteens and sleeping bags.
(d) Mobile phone and compass.

4. Who does Trisha imagine is in the woods protecting her?
(a) The unseen "thing."
(b) Tom Gordon.
(c) Her father.
(d) Pete.

5. What do Quilla and Larry do while Trisha drifts off to sleep?
(a) Argue.
(b) Go out to look for her.
(c) Make love.
(d) Eat pizza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the Red Sox game start according to an ad Trisha hears on the radio?

2. What city does Trisha's father live in?

3. What does Trisha like about the clouds?

4. What sound does Trisha hear for a minute while in the bog?

5. To whom does Trisha call out to in the woods in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Larry feel about Tom Gordon?

2. How does Trisha end up at the edge of a cliff?

3. What does Trisha learn from "Little House on the Prairie"?

4. Why do Quilla and Pete fight so much?

5. Why does Trisha think there is no chance of her getting lost?

6. Why does Trisha not eat a large clump of fiddleheads that she sees?

7. Describe the daydream Trisha has about Tom Gordon at the end of Chapter 1.

8. What happens when Trisha screams out for help for the first time?

9. What does Trisha think about the trail when she walks it with her family?

10. How does Trisha plan to remember her way back to the fallen tree?

(see the answer keys)

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