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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Caroline say Father's monthly checks come from?
(a) They are payments for having been in a war.
(b) They are his pension checks.
(c) They are government disability payments.
(d) They are from his trust fund.

2. What does Caroline have trouble doing once they relocate to the city?
(a) Trusting Father.
(b) Eating.
(c) Avoiding truancy officers.
(d) Sleeping.

3. What is Caroline's first impression of Mr. Walters?
(a) That he is nosy.
(b) That he is suspicious.
(c) That he is lonely.
(d) That he is friendly.

4. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2008.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2006.

5. In what city do Father and Caroline live?
(a) Seattle, Washington.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Sacramento, California.

6. Who comes to the farm with the Ryder truck?
(a) A reporter.
(b) Jean Bauer.
(c) Jim Harris.
(d) A police officer.

7. What does Father have nightmares about?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) Being followed.
(c) Prison.
(d) The men's camp.

8. Who is "Jerry"?
(a) That is what Father calls himself at the "meetings" he goes to in the city.
(b) One of the members of the Skeleton Family.
(c) A man who offers possibly illegal work to father.
(d) The man who runs the Mailboxes store where Father gets his check.

9. What public landmark can Caroline see from the lookout?
(a) Nob Hill.
(b) St. John's Bridge.
(c) The Chinatown Gate.
(d) Tilikum Crossing.

10. What kind of building is the Father and Caroline's new house?
(a) A cattle shed.
(b) An equipment shed.
(c) A pole barn.
(d) A bunkhouse.

11. Why is Valerie in state custody?
(a) Drug possession.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Shoplifting.
(d) Assault.

12. What does Mr. Walters wonder about Caroline going to school in the fall?
(a) If being with other people her own age will change her.
(b) Whether other students will bully Caroline.
(c) Whether Caroline can fit into the routines of a regular school.
(d) If Caroline is too academically advanced for eighth grade.

13. When Valerie introduces Taffy to Caroline, what does Caroline ask her?
(a) Whether her name embarrasses her.
(b) If that is her real name.
(c) What "Taffy" is short for.
(d) Why her parents gave her such a weird name.

14. What does Caroline get angry at Jean Bauer for when Jean talks about sticks leaping up and stones rolling uphill?
(a) Making fun of her.
(b) Reading Father's books.
(c) Talking nonsense.
(d) Reading her journal.

15. When Caroline runs into Taffy again, what news does Taffy have for her about Valerie?
(a) Valerie is dead.
(b) Valerie is pregnant.
(c) Valerie has been arrested again.
(d) Valerie has disappeared with Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Caroline about her visit with the doctor?

2. Besides the view and her feeling that she cannot breath in the room where she is staying, what other complaint does Caroline make to Jean Bauer about her accommodations?

3. Where are Caroline and the two neighbor boys when their mother comes home?

4. What kind of character is Caroline drawn to in the book that Jean Bauer gives her?

5. What does Father get irritated about Catherine doing in the library?

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