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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man at the ticket booth do after Gilly gives him the money for her ticket?
(a) He steals her money.
(b) He calls child services.
(c) He gives her the ticket.
(d) He calls the police.

2. What does Gilly tell William Ernest in her December 16 letter to him?
(a) That her horses won the race and are now training for the Kentucky Derby.
(b) That her horses won the Kentucky Derby.
(c) That her horses are going for the Triple Crown.
(d) That her horses lost the race so they can't go to the Kentucky Derby.

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

4. What does Gilly tell William Ernest about school in her December 16 letter?
(a) That she is a little slower than the other students.
(b) That she has tested at a tenth grade level.
(c) That she is expected to graduate in two years.
(d) That she will probably skip to the ninth grade.

5. When is Gilly to leave Mrs.Trotter's home?
(a) In two weeks.
(b) The next day.
(c) Right away.
(d) The next week.

6. What does Gilly note about herself in her reply to Miss Harris?
(a) That after reading the books Miss Harris sent her she knows where her name comes from.
(b) All the answers are correct.
(c) That she thought Frodo should keep the magic ring.
(d) That she wishes she was back in Harris 6.

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

8. What does Mrs. Trotter say when she falls on top of Gilly?
(a) She doesn't say anything; she just falls asleep.
(b) She asks Gilly's grandmother if she knows where Gilly is.
(c) That she thinks there's a big lunp on the floor.
(d) That she squished Gilly juicy.

9. What does Gilly tell William Ernest in her letter to him?
(a) That she has been busy with taking care of her horses.
(b) That she misses him.
(c) That she's been busy with school.
(d) That she is bored.

10. What does William Ernest ask when he writes back to Gilly?
(a) If she wants to come to visit.
(b) If he can come for a visit.
(c) If she won the race Gilly told him her horses were going to enter.
(d) If Mrs. Trotter, Mrs. Randolph, and he can come for a visit.

11. What doesn't Mrs. Trotter like about Gilly's lessons?
(a) She doesn't believe in stealing.
(b) She thought hop-scotch was for girls.
(c) She was afraid he'd trip if he ran too fast.
(d) Gilly teaches him to say "hell."

12. In Chapter 11, what happens when Gilly gets home from school?
(a) Miss Ellis tells her that Courtney wants her to visit her.
(b) Miss Ellis is there to tell her she is going to live with her grandmother permanently.
(c) Mrs. Trotter tells Gilly she must go live with her grandmother.
(d) Mrs. Trotter tells her she has to move to a new foster home.

13. Which room does Gilly decide to use?
(a) A small room that used to be a nursery.
(b) Her grandmother's sewing room.
(c) Courtney's older brother's room.
(d) Her grandmother's room.

14. What does William Ernest say when he realizes Gilly has her suitcase as she is going out the door?
(a) He asks her not to go.
(b) He cries.
(c) He waves good-bye.
(d) He is too busy watching TV to do anything.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilly react when William Ernest interrupts her visit with her grandmother to tell her he wet himself?

2. What does Gilly teach William Ernest?

3. What happens in the Trotter home by Thanksgiving day?

4. What does Mrs. Trotter threaten everyone if they don't eat?

5. What happens to Gilly in the middle of her last night with Mrs. Trotter?

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