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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. Just as Mr. Randolph starts feeling a little better, what happens?

2. What does Gilly's grandmother ask about school?

3. What happens in the Trotter home by Thanksgiving day?

4. What humorous note does Miss Harris add in her letter to Gilly?

5. What is Gilly wondering as she watches Mrs. Trotter's nervous actions at the table?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Gilly's relationship with William Ernest when she is permitted to stay with Mrs. Trotter?

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

4. Why is Gilly concerned when her grandmother promises to get her out of the Trotter foster home?

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

6. Why does Gilly choose her uncle's bedroom over her mother's?

7. What is the exciting news when Gilly writes her final letter in the novel to her foster family?

8. In Chapter 12, what futile thing does Gilly do after supper?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

Have the students write an essay about what it was like for Gilly being a foster child. What does it mean to be a foster child? Is there a stigma being a foster child? How many foster homes had Gilly been in before Mrs. Trotter's? Why? Was it any fault of her own? How did this affect her attitude?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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