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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Miss Harris?
(a) The teacher Gilly had at her former school.
(b) The teacher of the sixth grade class Gilly will be in.
(c) The principal of Gilly's new school.
(d) The teacher of the fifth grade class Gilly will be in.

2. In Chapter 5, what does Gilly decide to do with Agnes Stokes?
(a) Gilly decides to hide from Agnes so she leave Gilly alone.
(b) Gilly decides to play a trick on Agnes.
(c) Gilly decides she may be able to use Agnes one day.
(d) Gilly decides to beat her up if she follows her one more time.

3. What does Gilly do when Agnes begins to gossip about the other students?
(a) Gilly laughs and tells her they should get some good gossip on more students.
(b) Gilly reminds Agnes she (Gilly) has been abandoned by her parents when they left her with her grandmother.
(c) Gilly writes everything down to keep in case she can later use the information to hold over someone.
(d) Gilly warns Agnes to never talk about her that way.

4. In Chapter 3, what does Mrs. Trotter tell William he should show Gilly?
(a) How to do the chores.
(b) His collection of wads of bubble gum.
(c) How great he is coming along with his reading.
(d) How to work the television.

5. What happens while Gilly is in her room looking at the mail?
(a) She gets a phone call that interrupts her reading.
(b) Mrs. Trotter comes to check if she is okay.
(c) William Ernest knocks on her door.
(d) Mr. Randolph knocks on the door and Mrs. Trotter calls Gilly to answer it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how does Gilly perceive her teacher, Miss Harris?

2. What warning does Mrs. Trotter firmly give Gilly after Gilly comments about the TV show William Ernest was watching?

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

4. Who does Gilly walk home after they are finished flying the plane?

5. What do Gilly and William Ernest find high on the shelf?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is upsetting to Gilly after she plays her joke on Miss Harris?

2. What goes through Gilly's mind when she thinks about her last foster parents getting rid of her?

3. What is Gilly thinking after meeting her new foster mother, Mrs. Trotter?

4. How does Mr. Randolph explain the word "mean" to Gilly when she asks how a flower can be mean?

5. What does Mr. Evans, Gilly's new principal, explain about the class he is putting Gilly into?

6. What analogy does Gilly use to describe Miss Harris's seeming lack of emotions?

7. What unpleasant memory does Gilly have when she thinks about Mrs. Trotter overprotecting William Ernest?

8. What does Gilly's social worker, Miss Ellis, try to explain to Gilly before they arrive at her new foster home?

9. Why does Gilly become so upset when she learns about Mrs. Trotter's regular dinner guest, Mr. Randolph?

10. What does Miss Harris tell Gilly about her given name, Galadriel, and how does Gilly respond when her new teacher asks to call her by that name?

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