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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. How does Gilly make extra money between Sunday school and church?
(a) She has the other children so afraid they pay her not to hurt them.
(b) She sells the definition of "adultery" to the other children who don't know what it means.
(c) She collects money from the other children telling them it is for a special mission.
(d) She shoots craps behind the church.

2. What does Gilly expect to get for stealing that doesn't happen?
(a) She expects to be sent to jail.
(b) She expects a sermon from Mr. Randolph or Mrs. Trotter.
(c) She expects to be punished with no dinner.
(d) She expects to be grounded forever.

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 Gilly tell William Ernest about school in her December 16 letter?
(a) That she is a little slower than the other students.
(b) That she will probably skip to the ninth grade.
(c) That she has tested at a tenth grade level.
(d) That she is expected to graduate in two years.

5. How does Gilly's grandmother first find out about her?
(a) Courtney wrote soon after Gilly was born.
(b) Her grandmother was looking for her daughter on the Internet and found Gilly instead.
(c) Courtney recently sent her a letter.
(d) Courtney phoned her mother and told her about Gilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilly tell William Ernest in her letter to him?

2. Why doesn't Gilly want to be in her mother's old bedroom?

3. What does the man at the ticket booth do after Gilly gives him the money for her ticket?

4. When is Gilly to leave Mrs.Trotter's home?

5. What does Gilly tell William Ernest in her December 16 letter to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How different is Gilly's new home from Mrs. Trotter's?

2. What happens to Gilly when Miss Ellis tells her she is going to have to live with her grandmother?

3. What becomes clear in the letters exchanged between Miss Harris and Gilly?

4. What is Mrs. Ellis's concern when she talks to Mrs. Trotter about Gilly's problems?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is the strange visitor while everyone is sick and why does she tell Gilly she is there?

10. In Chapter 12, what futile thing does Gilly do after supper?

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