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

2. What humorous note does Miss Harris add in her letter to Gilly?
(a) That she is sending Gilly back the card Gilly made for her.
(b) That she is trying to stir up the students once in a while like Gilly tried to do.
(c) That she won't send any samples of Gilly's poetry with her records.
(d) That she is making a card especially for Gilly and will send it soon.

3. In Chapter 13, who makes the belated Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) Mrs. Trotter.
(b) Gilly.
(c) Mr. Randolph.
(d) Gilly's grandmother.

4. What does Gilly teach William Ernest?
(a) How to run really fast.
(b) How to steal.
(c) How to defend himself.
(d) How to play hop-scotch.

5. What happens as Gilly's grandmother is telling her how upset she is about Gilly's foster home?
(a) Mr. Randolph asks Gilly to take him to the bathroom.
(b) William Ernest returns to the room crying.
(c) Mrs. Trotter enters the room frantic about forgetting to put the turkey in the oven.
(d) Mrs. Trotter enters the room demanding to know who the elderly visitor is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William Ernest do when they think Gilly won't return home with them?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 9, who is fighting with Mrs. Trotter?

3. At the end of Chapt 13, what does Gilly end up doing with the picture of her mother?

4. What does Miss Ellis ask Gilly when she visits her?

5. What does Mrs. Trotter say when she falls on top of Gilly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How quickly is the move from Mrs. Trotter's to her grandmother's going to take?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens during the night that both hurts and helps Gilly regarding her move?

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

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

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