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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 "The Visitor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much total money did Gilly get ?
(a) Thirty-four dollars.
(b) Forty-four dollars.
(c) Sixty-four dollars.
(d) Twenty-four dollars.

2. What does Mrs. Trotter reply when Mr. Randolph compliments her dinner?
(a) She blushes and tells him he says the sweetest things.
(b) That he is very nice to say such things.
(c) "Thank you."
(d) That he can flatter the stripes off a pole cat.

3. What does Gilly mean when she says Trotter must think Gilly's "mental"?
(a) That she is "dumb" or "stupid."
(b) That she has ESP.
(c) That she is crazy.
(d) That she is able to read Mrs. Trotter's mind.

4. In Chapter 7, what is Gilly's last desperate gesture?
(a) She buys a lottery ticket.
(b) She writes a letter to her mother asking for the rest of the money.
(c) She flips cards in the alley with some kids from school hoping to win more money.
(d) She has a yard sale.

5. What does Gilly tell Agnes when she asks to come in the house with Gilly?
(a) That she lives with a terrible ogre that eats up little redheaded girls with one gulp.
(b) That she can't play with evil little dwarfs.
(c) That she doesn't want to play with her.
(d) That she doesn't like grubby little redheaded girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what is the reason for the argument?

2. Why is Gilly plotting something?

3. Who is Mr. Randolph?

4. After all her work dusting both homes, what does Gilly have to show for it?

5. What gives Gilly an idea for a prank to play on Miss Harris?

(see the answer key)

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