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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 "Jackson, Virginia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Mrs. Trotter tell William he should show Gilly?
(a) How to do the chores.
(b) How great he is coming along with his reading.
(c) His collection of wads of bubble gum.
(d) How to work the television.

2. In Chapter 11, how does Gilly respond to what she is told she is going to do?
(a) Gilly threatens to run away.
(b) Gilly says she doesn't want to.
(c) Gilly laughs and asks if they are joking.
(d) Gilly starts to cry.

3. What happens at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Gilly goes to jail.
(b) Gilly gets on the bus to go to her mother.
(c) Gilly goes home with Mrs. Trotter and William Ernest.
(d) Gilly runs away again.

4. In Chapter 11, what does Gilly say to Agnes that even surprises herself?
(a) Gilly refers to Mrs. Trotter, William Ernest, and Mr. Randolph as her family.
(b) She says it is great to be needed.
(c) She tells Agnes she visited her grandmother over Thanksgiving.
(d) She admits she enjoyed her Thanksgiving holiday.

5. Why does Gilly pull her mother's picture out from under her T-shirts?
(a) She wants to see her mother's smiling face.
(b) She feel she doesn't have to hide the picture in a drawer any longer.
(c) She wants to sleep with it.
(d) She wants to give it to her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Trotter comes to check on Gilly at Mr. Randolph's house, what does the girl tell her she had found?

2. What kind of class does Gilly's new principal say she should be in?

3. Why is Gilly plotting something?

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

5. What does Gilly learn about her mother from her grandmother?

(see the answer key)

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