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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 doesn't Mrs. Trotter like about Gilly's lessons?
2. In Chapter 11, how does Gilly respond to what she is told she is going to do?
3. What does Mrs. Trotter say when she falls on top of Gilly?
4. Why does Gilly pull her mother's picture out from under her T-shirts?
5. Why doesn't Gilly want to be in her mother's old bedroom?
Short Essay Questions
1. How quickly is the move from Mrs. Trotter's to her grandmother's going to take?
2. Why is Gilly concerned when her grandmother promises to get her out of the Trotter foster home?
3. What does Gilly's grandmother try to do as she prepares for her daughter's visit?
4. Why does Gilly choose her uncle's bedroom over her mother's?
5. While everyone else enjoys the belated Thanksgiving dinner Gilly cooked, what is happening to her?
6. How different is Gilly's new home from Mrs. Trotter's?
7. What happens during the night that both hurts and helps Gilly regarding her move?
8. What is the exciting news when Gilly writes her final letter in the novel to her foster family?
9. What kind of tie does Gilly pick out for Mr. Randolph after he gets a spot on his own tie?
10. What happens to Gilly when Miss Ellis tells her she is going to have to live with her grandmother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
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?
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