View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Grandmother think Trudy died?
(a) Hiram beat her.
(b) Hiram poisoned her.
(c) Hiram starved her.
(d) Hiram strangled her.

2. Why does Louise's grandmother dislike the Captain?
(a) He cheated on her.
(b) She was in love with him.
(c) She was engaged to him.
(d) He broke her best friend's heart.

3. What does Louise name her first son?
(a) Tyler.
(b) Truitt.
(c) Truman.
(d) Trent.

4. Whom does Caroline think the Captain should marry?
(a) Mrs. Rice.
(b) Auntie Braxton.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Call's mother.

5. How much money does Louise have saved from her crabbing?
(a) $125.
(b) $100.
(c) $75.
(d) $50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Caroline help prepare for the storm?

2. Why does Louise not attend Call's wedding?

3. How many families left Rass after the storm in September?

4. Where is Louise's clinic in Truitt?

5. When does Louise say she started to grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Call tell Louise and the Captain when he comes home from the war?

2. What does Louise do when she realizes that the older twin she caught at the end of the book is being ignored?

3. What does Louise decide to do in an effort to change her luck?

4. What does the Captain say to Louise at Christmas?

5. What was destroyed in the storm?

6. Why does Louise's grandmother dislike the Captain?

7. What does Louise like most about the Captain, and why?

8. What does the Captain choose to do with Trudy's money after her death?

9. What does Louise say about the boredom she feels at school?

10. What does Louise learn has happened after the storm is over?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 667 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample