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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 "Dust and Desperation".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Gilly walk home after they are finished flying the plane?
(a) Mr. Randolph.
(b) William Ernest.
(c) Mrs. Trotter.
(d) Agnes.

2. What does Miss Harris admit doing in the teacher's room at noon?
(a) She curses creatively for twenty minutes.
(b) She explains to the other teachers she is not pregnant.
(c) She admits calling the exterminator to get the dead frog out of her desk.
(d) She dances with joy.

3. What does Gilly do by the third week in October?
(a) She tricks Miss Harris into thinking she liked her.
(b) She catches up and passes the rest of the students in her classwork.
(c) She manages to be sent to a new foster home.
(d) She joins the girl's basketball team.

4. What is disturbing Gilly most about the meal?
(a) She is eating it with a "colored" person.
(b) She isn't allowed dessert.
(c) The food is terrible.
(d) She isn't given enough to eat.

5. Where does Gilly place her bubble gum when asked to remove it from her mouth?
(a) Under the handle of the car door.
(b) In a piece of paper so she can have it again later.
(c) In the ash tray.
(d) Under the desk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilly get William Ernest to participate in her plot?

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

3. What does Gilly play on Mrs. Trotter's piano?

4. What does Mrs. Trotter reply when Mr. Randolph compliments her dinner?

5. What does Mrs. Trotter say to Gilly after watching William Ernest fly the plane?

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