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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Miss Minnie Applegate?
(a) Gilly and William Ernest's Sunday school teacher.
(b) A neighbor who goes to church with them.
(c) Their pediatrician.
(d) The pastor of their church.

2. What happens when Mrs. Trotter kisses Gilly?
(a) Gilly wipes off the stop and says, "Uck!"
(b) Gilly doesn't wipe off the spot like she once would have.
(c) Gilly kisses Mrs. Trotter back.
(d) Gilly makes a face and pulls away.

3. Why does Mr. Randolph ask Gilly to pick out a wild tie for him?
(a) He thinks the tie will flatter him.
(b) He wants to brighten up his day.
(c) He wants to look funny.
(d) He wants to shock his son into lightening up.

4. What does Mrs. Trotter do to soothe Gilly back to sleep in Chapter 12?
(a) Rubs her back.
(b) Hugs her.
(c) Tickles her.
(d) Orders her to go back to sleep.

5. In Chapter 11, what happens at twelve after nine?
(a) Mrs. Trotter takes time for a break from her cleaning.
(b) Gilly starts to show signs of the flu.
(c) School closes early because of a flu epidemic.
(d) Miss Ellis goes to her desk and finds a note from Gilly's grandmother.

6. How does Gilly react when William Ernest interrupts her visit with her grandmother to tell her he wet himself?
(a) She is understanding and reassures him it is okay.
(b) She gets angry with him.
(c) She tells him to go back to bed; she'd see to him later.
(d) She tells him big boys don't wet the bed.

7. What does Gilly learn about her mother from her grandmother?
(a) That Courtney was a movie star.
(b) That Courtney had left home many years ago.
(c) That Courtney was returning to Virginia.
(d) That Courtney was not her real mother.

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

9. After Gilly admits to her grandmother that she lied in her letter to her mother, what does she hope the woman would do?
(a) Tell her she didn't want a liar living in her house.
(b) Tell her she was a bad girl for lying.
(c) Call Miss Ellis and have her take her back to Mrs. Trotter's.
(d) Turn around and take her back to Mrs. Trotter's.

10. What difference does Gilly notice between the black Baptists and the white Baptists?
(a) The white Baptists had shorter services.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) The black Baptists smiled more.
(d) The black Baptists dressed fancier.

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

12. In Chapter 12, who cries while they are at the table?
(a) Mrs. Trotter.
(b) Gilly.
(c) William Ernest.
(d) Mr. Randolph.

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

14. At the end of Chapt 13, what does Gilly end up doing with the picture of her mother?
(a) She puts it back under her T-shirts again.
(b) She sticks it under the bed.
(c) She gives it to her grandmother.
(d) She throws it in the trash.

15. What does Miss Ellis ask Gilly when she visits her?
(a) If she wants to stay with Mrs. Trotter.
(b) How she's doing lately.
(c) If she would like to go to reform school.
(d) How she got the money she had.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, what happens to Gilly when responsibility is thrust upon her?

3. How does Gilly make extra money between Sunday school and church?

4. What happens at the end of Chapter 8?

5. What does Mrs. Trotter say when she falls on top of Gilly?

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