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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 "Homecoming".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just as Mr. Randolph starts feeling a little better, what happens?
(a) Mrs. Trotter gets sick.
(b) Mrs. Trotter and William Ernest get sick, too.
(c) They all get sick.
(d) William Ernest and Gilly get sick.

2. What is Gilly wondering as she watches Mrs. Trotter's nervous actions at the table?
(a) If Mrs. Trotter will find a way for her to stay.
(b) If Mrs. Trotter knows about the letter Gilly had written.
(c) If Mrs. Trotter is going to miss her.
(d) If Mrs. Trotter is going to cry.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what is the reason for the argument?
(a) Mrs. Trotter doesn't want Gilly taken away.
(b) William Ernest wants Gilly to leave.
(c) Gilly wants to leave.
(d) Mr. Randolph wants to press charges for the stolen money.

4. Once in her room, what does Gilly begin to wonder about her mother?
(a) Why her mother left her.
(b) Why her mother didn't care about her or her own mother.
(c) If she really cared about her since she sent her mother to get her.
(d) Why her mother left home.

5. What does Gilly to to frighten William Ernest?
(a) She pinches him.
(b) She makes her most fearful face at him.
(c) She makes a fist at him.
(d) She makes a motion like slitting her throat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Gilly in the middle of her last night with Mrs. Trotter?

2. Why doesn't Gilly want to be in her mother's old bedroom?

3. What does Gilly perceive to be her first job with William Ernest?

4. Who is Mr. Evans?

5. What is Mrs. Trotter's reaction when Gilly admits taking money from Mr. Randolph?

(see the answer key)

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