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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "William Ernest and Other Mean Flowers".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many boys did Gilly fight with at recess?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

2. What does Gilly make for William Ernest?
(a) Paper dolls.
(b) A kite.
(c) A race car.
(d) A paper airplane.

3. What happens while Gilly is in her room looking at the mail?
(a) Mr. Randolph knocks on the door and Mrs. Trotter calls Gilly to answer it.
(b) Mrs. Trotter comes to check if she is okay.
(c) She gets a phone call that interrupts her reading.
(d) William Ernest knocks on her door.

4. What upsets Gilly when she starts reading a poem?
(a) The poems are all about doom and she doesn't like them.
(b) It is written in another language and she thinks they are playing a joke on her.
(c) It is written in old English, and she thinks they are trying to make a fool of her.
(d) She doesn't know the words and thinks they are trying to make her look stupid.

5. What upsets Gilly on the morning before she is to go for her first day of school?
(a) Gilly doesn't want to start school that day.
(b) Gilly is tired and doesn't want to get up so early for school.
(c) Mrs. Trotter asks her to make the beds.
(d) Mrs. Trotter makes her get her own breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Gilly's last foster mother?

2. What does Gilly run away with at recess?

3. In Chapter 4, what does Gilly offer to do with William Ernest after dinner?

4. After dinner, what does Mrs.Trotter suggest Gilly do for Mr. Randolph?

5. What does Gilly do when the principal offers to help her?

(see the answer key)

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