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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, how does Gilly perceive her teacher, Miss Harris?
(a) As a meek, quiet woman.
(b) As a woman who is well respected.
(c) As a person who is not easily moved to emotion.
(d) As a dangerous obstacle to her goals.

3. What does Gilly do when the principal offers to help her?
(a) Gilly says she certainly doesn't need him.
(b) Gilly says she's okay and doesn't need help.
(c) Gilly says he should worry about the other students, not her.
(d) Gilly laughts at his offer.

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

5. How negatively does Miss Harris react in class to the prank?
(a) She has a funny smile on her face all day.
(b) She doesn't act negatively in class.
(c) She screams.
(d) She faints.

6. What does Mrs. Trotter say about making friends with Gilly?
(a) She never met a kid she couldn't make friends with.
(b) It will take a long time for her and Gilly to become friends.
(c) It didn't matter if she and Gilly are friends as long as Gilly respected her.
(d) Soon Gilly will think of her as more than a friend.

7. Who is Mr. Randolph?
(a) Mrs. Trotter's neighbor.
(b) An African American.
(c) An elderly, blind man.
(d) All answers are correct.

8. What does William Ernest say when he lets go of the plane so it could fly?
(a) Pow.
(b) Wow.
(c) Bang.
(d) Sheebam.

9. What does Gilly perceive to be her first job with William Ernest?
(a) To show him who is the boss.
(b) To improve his taste in TV.
(c) To tell him to stay out of her way.
(d) To teach him how to fight.

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

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

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

13. What does Gilly do by the third week in October?
(a) She tricks Miss Harris into thinking she liked her.
(b) She joins the girl's basketball team.
(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.

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

15. What does Gilly find when she pulls an encyclopedia from Mr. Randolph's bookshelf?
(a) Two five-dollar bills.
(b) Two twenty-dollar bills.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A lot of dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Mrs. Trotter tell William he should show Gilly?

2. What upsets Gilly when she starts reading a poem?

3. What is Gilly's first impression of Maime Trotter?

4. What does Gilly mean when she says Trotter must think Gilly's "mental"?

5. What is Gilly's next idea to get more money?

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