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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 Mr. Randolph tell Gilly about the countryside where she is going to live?
2. What is Gilly excited about in her December 17 letter?
3. At the end of Chapt 13, what does Gilly end up doing with the picture of her mother?
4. Why is Mr. Randolph worried when he gets a spot on his tie?
5. After the Thanksgiving holiday is over, what happens?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Gilly's relationship with William Ernest when she is permitted to stay with Mrs. Trotter?
2. How different is Gilly's new home from Mrs. Trotter's?
3. 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?
4. How quickly is the move from Mrs. Trotter's to her grandmother's going to take?
5. What does Gilly find in Mrs. Trotter's open purse and where was it when she found it?
6. Why doesn't Mrs. Trotter step in and fight to keep Gilly living with her?
7. What happens to Gilly when Miss Ellis tells her she is going to have to live with her grandmother?
8. What happens during Thanksgiving week that keeps Gilly away from school on Tuesday and Wednesday?
9. What happens to Gilly's plans to go see her mother in California?
10. What is Mrs. Ellis's concern when she talks to Mrs. Trotter about Gilly's problems?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In an essay, explain what happens when Gilly finally realizes her grandmother showed up because of the letters Gilly wrote her mother. How does Gilly handle this? Is she worried?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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