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

2. What does Mrs. Randolph give Gilly as a going-away present?
(a) Advice.
(b) His encyclopedia, "Sarsparilla to Sorcery."
(c) His pocket watch.
(d) His treasured poetry book.

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

4. 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 the police.
(c) He gives her the ticket.
(d) He calls child services.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilly's and her grandmother do in preparation for Courtney's visit?

2. What is Mrs. Trotter's reaction when Gilly admits taking money from Mr. Randolph?

3. What does Gilly tell William Ernest about school in her December 16 letter?

4. Which room does Gilly decide to use?

5. In Chapter 11, what happens at twelve after nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Gilly's relationship with William Ernest when she is permitted to stay with Mrs. Trotter?

2. What does Gilly find in Mrs. Trotter's open purse and where was it when she found it?

3. In Chapter 14, what does Gilly write about in her letters to Mrs. Trotter and William Ernest?

4. What does Gilly realize about her grandmother after she learns the woman lost her son in the war, her daughter when she ran away, and her husband four years earlier to death?

5. Why doesn't Mrs. Trotter step in and fight to keep Gilly living with her?

6. Why doesn't Gilly feel her mother's picture fit in her new room?

7. In Chapter 12, who else is Gilly surprisingly sad to be leaving?

8. What does Gilly intend to do with all the money she has stolen?

9. What happens during Thanksgiving week that keeps Gilly away from school on Tuesday and Wednesday?

10. The night before Gilly is to leave the Trotter home, what is distressing Gilly the most?

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