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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, who makes the belated Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) Gilly's grandmother.
(b) Mr. Randolph.
(c) Gilly.
(d) Mrs. Trotter.

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

3. Why doesn't Gilly want to be in her mother's old bedroom?
(a) She hates canopied beds.
(b) It reminds her of the mother who left her.
(c) She doesn't like the big window.
(d) It is all pink, with stuffed animals and dolls.

4. On Gilly's last night, what does Mrs. Trotter finally admit?
(a) That she is happy Gilly is going.
(b) That she is really going to miss Gilly.
(c) That she is worried about William Ernest.
(d) That she is already getting a replacement foster child.

5. In Chapter 11, what does Gilly do that she rarely comes close to doing in her life?
(a) Threatens to run away.
(b) Crying.
(c) Begging.
(d) Goes to bed without dinner.

6. What does William Ernest ask Gilly about her new home?
(a) Is there a big house?
(b) Is it a mansion?
(c) Is it far away?
(d) Will she have horses?

7. What are Sunday mornings to Gilly?
(a) Tiresome.
(b) Funny.
(c) Torture.
(d) Joyful.

8. In Chapter 12, what does Gilly promise William Ernest she would do?
(a) Come visit him.
(b) Write to him.
(c) Have him come to her new home for summer vacation.
(d) She doesn't promise anything.

9. What does Gilly's grandmother ask about school?
(a) Does she want to go to the all girl's school where her mother went?
(b) Does she want to start right away or settle in first?
(c) Does she want to go to a public or private school?
(d) Does she want to be home schooled?

10. What is Gilly excited about in her December 17 letter?
(a) Christmas is coming.
(b) She is going to California to see her mother.
(c) Her mother is coming.
(d) Her horses won the Triple Crown.

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

12. What does Gilly's grandmother promise before she leaves?
(a) That she would return the next day.
(b) That she would find Courtney.
(c) That she would get Gilly out of there soon.
(d) That she would never come back again.

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

14. What happens at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Gilly goes home with Mrs. Trotter and William Ernest.
(b) Gilly goes to jail.
(c) Gilly runs away again.
(d) Gilly gets on the bus to go to her mother.

15. 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 was a bad girl for lying.
(b) Call Miss Ellis and have her take her back to Mrs. Trotter's.
(c) Turn around and take her back to Mrs. Trotter's.
(d) Tell her she didn't want a liar living in her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. On her way to her grandmother's house, what fact does Gilly realize she has to face?

2. What happens the week before Thanksgiving?

3. At the end of Chapt 13, what does Gilly end up doing with the picture of her mother?

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

5. In Chapter 8, what does Gilly plan to do that Sunday after Mrs. Trotter settles town in front of the TV?

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