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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. Why is Mr. Randolph worried when he gets a spot on his tie?
2. What happens when Gilly reminds Mrs. Trotter she once said she'd "never let her go"?
3. What do they decide to do after Mr. Randolph refuses to let Mrs. Trotter tell his son he's sick?
4. What happens as Gilly's grandmother is telling her how upset she is about Gilly's foster home?
5. Why does Mr. Randolph ask Gilly to pick out a wild tie for him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Gilly trying to teach William Ernest and why?
2. Why doesn't Gilly feel her mother's picture fit in her new room?
3. What happens when Mr. Randolph gets sick?
4. The night before Gilly is to leave the Trotter home, what is distressing Gilly the most?
5. 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?
6. Why doesn't Mrs. Trotter step in and fight to keep Gilly living with her?
7. What happens during Thanksgiving week that keeps Gilly away from school on Tuesday and Wednesday?
8. What happens to Gilly when Miss Ellis tells her she is going to have to live with her grandmother?
9. While everyone else enjoys the belated Thanksgiving dinner Gilly cooked, what is happening to her?
10. What does Gilly find in Mrs. Trotter's open purse and where was it when she found it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain what happens when Gilly finally meets her mother. What surprises her about her mother? What does her mother say or do that upsets her? Why does she want to leave? What does Mrs. Trotter tell her that makes her decide to stay with her grandmother?
Essay Topic 2
In an essay explain the effect leaving has on Gilly. What happens when she has a nightmare the night before she is to leave? What does Mrs. Trotter do and say to help her with the adjustment of moving? What does this tell readers about Mrs. Trotter and Gilly's relationship dynamics?
Essay Topic 3
Have the students write an essay about Gilly's adverse reaction to Mr. Randolph and Miss Harris being black. Besides the fact it was obvious she had little experience around people of a different race, what other reasons could there have been for her feelings? Did she pick this up from her other foster parents? Could the location of where she lived have anything to do with it?
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