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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "The Going".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what happens at twelve after nine?
(a) Mrs. Trotter takes time for a break from her cleaning.
(b) Miss Ellis goes to her desk and finds a note from Gilly's grandmother.
(c) Gilly starts to show signs of the flu.
(d) School closes early because of a flu epidemic.

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

3. What difference does Gilly notice between the black Baptists and the white Baptists?
(a) The black Baptists smiled more.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The white Baptists had shorter services.
(d) The black Baptists dressed fancier.

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

5. In Chapter 10, what happens to Gilly when responsibility is thrust upon her?
(a) She takes two days off from school to help.
(b) She takes care of herself.
(c) She calls the doctor and asks for a nurse.
(d) She and Agnes skip school.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, who finally gets through to Gilly when she is so upset?

2. What happens the week before Thanksgiving?

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

4. In Chapter 4, which book does Gilly read to Mr. Randolph after dinner?

5. What upsets Gilly on the morning before she is to go for her first day of school?

(see the answer key)

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