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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 10, who is at the door?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Gilly's grandmother.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Mr. Randolph's son.

4. In the letter, what does Gilly ask William Ernest to tell Mrs. Trotter?
(a) That they have a horse trainer, three maids, and a cook.
(b) That they have a horse trainer and three maids.
(c) That they have three maids and a cook.
(d) That they have three cooks and a maid.

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

6. What does Gilly find when she joins her grandmother for lunch?
(a) They are going out to eat.
(b) They are having a picnic outside.
(c) They are going to eat in the kitchen.
(d) The dining room table is set formally.

7. What statement does Miss Ellis make when Gilly tells her she remembers her mother?
(a) "Lord, help me with these children who rebel."
(b) "God help the children in the foster system."
(c) "God help the children of the flower children."
(d) "Heaven help her, she is a mixed up child."

8. What do they decide to do after Mr. Randolph refuses to let Mrs. Trotter tell his son he's sick?
(a) Mrs. Trotter calls his son anyway.
(b) Mrs. Trotter stays with him and asks Gilly to look after William Ernest.
(c) Mrs. Trotter insists he come stay at her house till he recovers.
(d) Mrs. Trotter calls an ambulance to take him to the hospital.

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

10. How long is the ride to Gilly's new home?
(a) It takes just over an hour to drive there.
(b) It takes only a half hour to get there.
(c) It is two-hour drive.
(d) It is a six-hour drive.

11. In her letter, what does Gilly suggest William Ernest do?
(a) Read to Mrs. Trotter.
(b) Read out loud to Mr. Randolph for practice.
(c) Read more often to his teacher.
(d) Invite Agnes to help him with his reading.

12. What happens to Gilly in the middle of her last night with Mrs. Trotter?
(a) She has a nightmare.
(b) She couldn't sleep.
(c) She wets the bed.
(d) She runs away.

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

14. Once in her room, what does Gilly begin to wonder about her mother?
(a) Why her mother didn't care about her or her own mother.
(b) Why her mother left her.
(c) Why her mother left home.
(d) If she really cared about her since she sent her mother to get her.

15. Near the end of Chapter 11, what does Mrs. Ellis ask Gilly?
(a) Why she wrote the letter to her mother.
(b) Why she tried to run away.
(c) Why she changed her mind.
(d) Why she wrote a letter to her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 9, who is fighting with Mrs. Trotter?

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

3. What happens when Gilly reminds Mrs. Trotter she once said she'd "never let her go"?

4. In Chapter 11, what does Gilly do that she rarely comes close to doing in her life?

5. What does William Ernest do when they think Gilly won't return home with them?

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