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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 happens when Mr. Randolph suggests Gilly read the Bible to them?

2. What warning does Mrs. Trotter firmly give Gilly after Gilly comments about the TV show William Ernest was watching?

3. What does the principal tell Gilly after dismissing the other students in the fight?

4. What do Gilly and William Ernest find high on the shelf?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Gilly and Agnes have in common?

4. What is Gilly's reply when Mrs. Trotter empathizes with the difficulty Gilly must have had by being moved around so often?

5. What is so special to Gilly about the photo she carries with her from foster home to foster home?

6. 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?

7. What does Gilly do at recess on the playground?

8. How does Mr. Randolph explain the word "mean" to Gilly when she asks how a flower can be mean?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the scene where Miss Ellis comes to tell Gilly she must go live with her grandmother. What is Miss Ellis trying to explain about Gilly's mother? Why doesn't Mrs. Trotter try to keep Gilly from leaving?

Essay Topic 2

Have the students write an essay about Mr. Randolph's apparent fear that his son will make him move in with him. Why is he so determined to stay on his own? Aren't his blindness and age reasons enough he should move in with someone who can look after him? Is he grasping to his last shred of independence? Is this common among elderly, or is this just one man's stubbornness?

Essay Topic 3

What happens when Gilly's grandmother shows up--not just the bad timing but the fact that she does show up? Is Gilly surprised? Happy? Disappointed? Uncertain? After all her time wanting to be with her mother, why does Gilly react as she does when she learns her mother wants her to be with her grandmother? Answer and explain in an essay.

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