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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 is Mr. Randolph worried when he gets a spot on his tie?
(a) He likes to have his clothing impeccably kept.
(b) He is afraid if his son sees it he'll make Mr. Randolph come move in with him.
(c) He only has one tie and it has to be dry cleaned.
(d) He doesn't like drawing attention to the fact that he is blind.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William Ernest say when he realizes Gilly has her suitcase as she is going out the door?

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

3. What does Mrs. Trotter threaten everyone if they don't eat?

4. Once in her room, what does Gilly begin to wonder about her mother?

5. What happens to Gilly in the middle of her last night with Mrs. Trotter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of tie does Gilly pick out for Mr. Randolph after he gets a spot on his own tie?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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