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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilly find when she pulls an encyclopedia from Mr. Randolph's bookshelf?

2. What happens when Gilly goes to get Mr. Randolph for dinner?

3. Who is William Ernest?

4. What happens when Gilly tells William Ernest he is going to have to stand on her shoulders while she stands on the back of a chair?

5. What does Gilly run away with at recess?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gilly become so upset when she learns about Mrs. Trotter's regular dinner guest, Mr. Randolph?

2. What analogy does Gilly use to describe Miss Harris's seeming lack of emotions?

3. Where does Gilly get the idea to play an unkind racist joke on Miss Harris?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, why won't Gilly look over her shoulder at Mrs. Trotter?

5. What goes through Gilly's mind when she thinks about her last foster parents getting rid of her?

6. What is upsetting to Gilly after she plays her joke on Miss Harris?

7. What does Gilly's social worker, Miss Ellis, try to explain to Gilly before they arrive at her new foster home?

8. In the beginning of Chapter 1, what is learned about Gilly Hopkins' time in the foster system?

9. What does Miss Harris tell Gilly about her given name, Galadriel, and how does Gilly respond when her new teacher asks to call her by that name?

10. What makes Gilly change her mind and comb her hair for her first day of school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Have the students try to determine what William Ernest's problem really is and write an essay about it. Is he mentally slow as Gilly first thinks? Or, is he developmentally slow for a different reason? Perhaps, he is just very shy. What in the novel reveals some things about William Ernest's past that may explain his problem?

Essay Topic 2

In an essay explain the exchange of letters between Gilly, William Ernest, Mrs. Trotter, and Miss Harris. What do the letters say about the people writing them? Why does Gilly feel she must lie about her new life?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the time Gilly spends caring for Mr. Randolph, Mrs. Trotter, and William Ernest while they were ill. Why does she stay home from school to care for them? Does she just want to skip school or does she genuinely care about them? What changes are seen in Gilly as she cares for the three people?

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