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

2. 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 is going to miss her.
(d) If Mrs. Trotter knows about the letter Gilly had written.

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

4. What does Gilly discover about William Ernest?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) That if he was laughed at he'd shrink back as though preparing for a blow.
(c) That he was smarter than he looked.
(d) That he could figure things out for himelf.

5. What does Mrs. Trotter threaten everyone if they don't eat?
(a) That she'll get up on the table and jump around and make sounds like a chicken.
(b) That she will throw the meal away.
(c) That she will send it to the poor children to eat.
(d) That she will serve it again for breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Thanksgiving holiday is over, what happens?

2. What does Gilly note about herself in her reply to Miss Harris?

3. In Chapter 11, who finally gets through to Gilly when she is so upset?

4. Why does Gilly pull her mother's picture out from under her T-shirts?

5. On the drive to her grandmother's house, what does Gilly realize about her relationship with Mrs. Trotter, William Ernest, and Mr. Randolph?

Short Essay Questions

1. While everyone else enjoys the belated Thanksgiving dinner Gilly cooked, what is happening to her?

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

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

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

5. What does Gilly's grandmother try to do as she prepares for her daughter's visit?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What happens to Gilly's plans to go see her mother in California?

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