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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilly do when Agnes begins to gossip about the other students?
(a) Gilly writes everything down to keep in case she can later use the information to hold over someone.
(b) Gilly laughs and tells her they should get some good gossip on more students.
(c) Gilly reminds Agnes she (Gilly) has been abandoned by her parents when they left her with her grandmother.
(d) Gilly warns Agnes to never talk about her that way.

2. Who is Galadriel Hopkins?
(a) A social worker who places foster children.
(b) An orphaned child.
(c) The main character of the story.
(d) The daughter of a deceased movie star.

3. In Chapter 4, what does Gilly receive in the mail?
(a) A check for lottery winnings.
(b) A postcard from her mother.
(c) A letter from her first foster mother.
(d) A letter from her mother.

4. What does Gilly play on Mrs. Trotter's piano?
(a) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
(b) Chopsticks.
(c) Heart and Soul.
(d) Heart and Soul and Chopsticks at the same time.

5. What happens while Gilly is in her room looking at the mail?
(a) Mrs. Trotter comes to check if she is okay.
(b) She gets a phone call that interrupts her reading.
(c) Mr. Randolph knocks on the door and Mrs. Trotter calls Gilly to answer it.
(d) William Ernest knocks on her door.

6. Who is William Ernest?
(a) A neighbor who visits the Trotter home often.
(b) Maime Trotter's own child.
(c) Another foster child under Maime Trotter's care.
(d) Maime Trotter's nephew.

7. What gives Gilly an idea for a prank to play on Miss Harris?
(a) A moment of inspiration when she sees a dead rat.
(b) A politician gets fired for telling a racist joke.
(c) A TV sitcom where there is a pretend a secret admirer.
(d) A TV show about starting a false rumor about someone.

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

9. Why does Gilly refuse an after school snack when Mrs. Trotter offer her one?
(a) Gilly is on a diet.
(b) Gilly isn't hungry.
(c) Gilly doesn't want to be bought with food.
(d) Gilly hates Mrs. Trotter's cooking.

10. How does Gilly get William Ernest to participate in her plot?
(a) She promises him ice cream and cookies.
(b) She bribes him.
(c) She lies to him.
(d) She doesn't get him to participate.

11. Who is Miss Harris?
(a) The principal of Gilly's new school.
(b) The teacher Gilly had at her former school.
(c) The teacher of the sixth grade class Gilly will be in.
(d) The teacher of the fifth grade class Gilly will be in.

12. What happens when Gilly goes to get Mr. Randolph for dinner?
(a) She tells him to get a move on.
(b) She sees the man and runs back home.
(c) She tells him dinner is ready.
(d) She knocks on his door and then runs away as a prank.

13. What trick did Gilly play at her previous school?
(a) She did great school work, but failed all her tests.
(b) She got such good grades she started teaching her class.
(c) She got good grades, then suddenly stopped working.
(d) She failed every subject.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gilly place her bubble gum when asked to remove it from her mouth?

2. What happens when Mr. Randolph suggests Gilly read the Bible to them?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 7, what opportunity pleases Gilly?

4. Why is Gilly so upset with Agnes in the cafeteria?

5. What does Gilly do before she starts cleaning Mrs. Trotter's chandelier?

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