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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the first place that Father and Caroline go when they leave the farm?
(a) To the Methodist church.
(b) To an ATM.
(c) To Forest Park.
(d) To Safeway.

2. Why do Father and Caroline go to the men's camp?
(a) To barter with them.
(b) To ask them to control their dogs.
(c) To find out where Nameless has gone.
(d) To ask them to clean up their garbage.

3. After Clarence tells Father that it was stupid to come back to the park, what does Father tell Caroline?
(a) That they are too smart for the police to catch again.
(b) That they will go back to the farm soon.
(c) That he never planned to stay in the park for more than a night.
(d) That he will leave the choice of what to do next up to Caroline.

4. What is unusual about Father's and Caroline's watches?
(a) They are synchronized but do not tell the correct time.
(b) They are valuable antiques.
(c) They are set to East Coast time, instead of West Coast.
(d) Only Father's actually works.

5. On page 3, what does Father tell Caroline about the adult video store?
(a) That it is a "snake store."
(b) That it is "one of the reasons" they live as they do.
(c) That it is somewhere she "must never go."
(d) That it is "full of deceit and misery."

6. When Caroline sees the "shredded paper people" using her and Father's old Coleman stove, what is it implied that these people are using the stove for?
(a) To cook meat.
(b) To sterilize drinking water.
(c) To boil water for laundry.
(d) To make methamphetamine.

7. When she is riding in the police car, what does Caroline refuse to do because she doesn't "want them to think anything untrue" (53)?
(a) Criticize Father.
(b) Tell them she is scared.
(c) Laugh or smile.
(d) Cry.

8. What surprises Caroline about her visit with the doctor?
(a) How much she has grown.
(b) That the doctor does not want to see her run.
(c) The doctor's concern about her eating habits.
(d) How kind the doctor is.

9. Why does Caroline take her shirt off when she is in the lookout?
(a) She wants to see how her body is changing.
(b) It got wet when she fell into the stream.
(c) She is unexpectedly hot from climbing the tree.
(d) She wants to feel the sun on her skin.

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

11. What has Caroline planted in her secret garden?
(a) Fruit trees.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Vegetables.

12. Where are Caroline and the two neighbor boys when their mother comes home?
(a) Hiding in the garage.
(b) In the middle of the street.
(c) In a tree fort.
(d) On the roof.

13. What does Caroline tell people when they say something about her living in the park?
(a) She says that she and Father live in a house and only camp in the park sometimes, for fun.
(b) She says that Father was teaching her wilderness survival skills and that they were only in the park for a week.
(c) She says that public parks belong to the public and she should be able to live there if she wants to.
(d) She says that living in nature is a healthier way to live than living in the city.

14. What special effort does Mr. Walter make to make Caroline feel at home?
(a) He tells her she can paint her room any color she likes.
(b) He helps her set up her own garden.
(c) He asks some neighbor children over to meet her.
(d) He volunteers to take her to the library once a week.

15. Why do Caroline and Father not talk to one another in the police car after they are released from state custody?
(a) They are writing their conversation down on scrap paper.
(b) They feel awkward and do not know what to say to each other.
(c) The police have told them not to talk.
(d) They do not want to talk in front of the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caroline think about the women who come to the farm to ride their horses?

2. What does Mr. Walters wonder about Caroline going to school in the fall?

3. Where does Caroline sleep in Part One?

4. What do Father and Caroline end up building with the wire Caroline brings home?

5. What is Caroline's favorite job on the farm?

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