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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. In the beginning of Chapter 9, who is fighting with Mrs. Trotter?

2. Why doesn't Gilly want to be in her mother's old bedroom?

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

4. What difference does Gilly notice between the black Baptists and the white Baptists?

5. What happens to Gilly in the middle of her last night with Mrs. Trotter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Mr. Randolph gets sick?

3. Who is the strange visitor while everyone is sick and why does she tell Gilly she is there?

4. What happens to Gilly's plans to go see her mother in California?

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

6. While everyone else enjoys the belated Thanksgiving dinner Gilly cooked, what is happening to her?

7. What is Gilly trying to explain to Miss Ellis about her mother's post card?

8. In Chapter 14, what does Gilly write about in her letters to Mrs. Trotter and William Ernest?

9. In Chapter 12, who else is Gilly surprisingly sad to be leaving?

10. How different is Gilly's new home from Mrs. Trotter's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagine Gilly's desperate need to live with her mother. Write an essay about her desperation and explain why it was so important to her. Is it normal after eight years, when she doesn't even remember her mother, to feel that way? What makes it worse for her?

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

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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