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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is written on the note Agnes gives to Gilly when they walk home from school together?
(a) Agnes wants to tell Gilly a secret.
(b) Agnes wants to know when she could talk.
(c) Agnes wants to invite Gilly to a party.
(d) Agnes wants to be penpals with Gilly.

2. What does Gilly run away with at recess?
(a) The teacher's answer sheets.
(b) A football.
(c) A basketball.
(d) A volleyball.

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

4. Why is Gilly so upset with Agnes in the cafeteria?
(a) Agnes knows she gets free lunch.
(b) She would rather have what Agnes has to eat.
(c) Agnes wants to sit with her.
(d) Agnes is gossiping about her.

5. Who is Agnes Stokes?
(a) A girl who lives next to Mrs. Trotter.
(b) A fifth grade girl.
(c) A girl from Gilly's class in school.
(d) A girl from school from another sixth grade class.

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

7. What do Gilly and William Ernest find high on the shelf?
(a) A roll of paper money.
(b) Expensive jewelry.
(c) A bag of coins.
(d) A book with money hidden in the pages.

8. How does Gilly get Agnes to participate in her plot?
(a) She lies to her.
(b) She promises to sit with her at lunch.
(c) She bribes her.
(d) She promises to be her friend.

9. Why is Gilly moved from Mrs. Richmond's care?
(a) Mrs. Richmond died.
(b) Mrs. Richmond moved to Florida.
(c) Mrs. Richmond is having a baby of her own.
(d) Mrs. Richmond is hospitalized for nerves.

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

11. Whose photograph does Gilly have in her suitcase?
(a) Her mother's photograph.
(b) Wonder Woman's signed photograph.
(c) Her baby photograph.
(d) Her first foster mother's photograph.

12. What upsets Gilly when she starts reading a poem?
(a) She doesn't know the words and thinks they are trying to make her look stupid.
(b) It is written in old English, and she thinks they are trying to make a fool of her.
(c) It is written in another language and she thinks they are playing a joke on her.
(d) The poems are all about doom and she doesn't like them.

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

15. What nickname gives Gilly great pride?
(a) The Great Gilly Hopkins.
(b) Gruesome Gilly.
(c) Gilly the Hillbilly.
(d) Gilly the Terrible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 2, what does Gilly think her mother's reaction would be if she found out about Gilly's situation at dinner?

2. What does Gilly find when she pulls an encyclopedia from Mr. Randolph's bookshelf?

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

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

5. What kind of class does Gilly's new principal say she should be in?

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