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

2. What does Gilly decide about William Ernest after he learns to fly the plane?
(a) That he is a goofy kid.
(b) That he is going to be easy to use.
(c) That he is a fast learner.
(d) That he is more intelligent than he seems.

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

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

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

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

7. What does William Ernest bring to Gilly's room?
(a) A book to read.
(b) His homework.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A plate of cookies and milk.

8. Who is Mr. Evans?
(a) A friend who drives them to Gilly's new school.
(b) Another of Mrs. Trotter's neighbors.
(c) The principal of Gilly's new school.
(d) Gilly's new teacher.

9. What does Gilly want to see Miss Harris do before she leaves Mrs. Trotter's home?
(a) Any of the answers is correct.
(b) Gilly wants to see Miss Harris fall apart.
(c) Gilly wants to see Miss Harris scream in anger.
(d) Gilly wants to see Miss Harris break down.

10. In Chapter 4, what does Gilly offer to do with William Ernest after dinner?
(a) Help him with his homework.
(b) Go outside and dig up worms for fishing.
(c) Work on William Ernest's reading.
(d) Go to the playground.

11. What is Gilly's first impression of Maime Trotter?
(a) An unkind thought about Maime Trotter's large size.
(b) That she'd turn her to mush within two days.
(c) The woman is no match for her.
(d) Maime Trotter is a whimp.

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

13. In the beginning of Chapter 7, what opportunity pleases Gilly?
(a) There is a movie in town that she has always wanted to see.
(b) Mrs. Trotter asks Gilly to watch William Ernest while she takes Mr. Randolph shopping.
(c) She is chosen to play the witch in the Wizard of Oz for their school play.
(d) She is finally leaving Mrs. Trotter's and moving in with her mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the principal tell Gilly after dismissing the other students in the fight?

3. What does Gilly to to frighten William Ernest?

4. What does Miss Harris admit after class?

5. At the close of Chapter 3, what is Gilly's plan at the close?

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