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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Caroline starts walking around and around the room she shares with Valerie and Taffy?
(a) She accidentally unplugs the television cord.
(b) Valerie yells at her to stop acting like an animal.
(c) She bumps into Valerie's backpack and spills everything.
(d) Valerie trips her on purpose and she hits her head on the wall.

2. What request does Taffy make of Caroline in Part Four?
(a) She wants to stay with Caroline and Father.
(b) She wants Caroline to teach her how to read.
(c) She wants Father to carry a message back to the men's camp.
(d) She wants Caroline to loan her some money.

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

4. What does Father get irritated about Catherine doing in the library?
(a) Telling the librarian her name.
(b) Asking for an inappropriate book.
(c) Disappearing into the children's section.
(d) Talking with other young people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret place does Caroline have that Father does not know about?

2. When Valerie introduces Taffy to Caroline, what does Caroline ask her?

3. On page 3, what does Father tell Caroline about the adult video store?

4. What does Caroline think about the academic test that she takes in the police training room?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. When they return to the park, what does Father find in the hollow in the crook of the tree, and what do he and Caroline do with it?

2. What happens when Mr. Walters tells Father the work he wants him to do on Father's first day of work?

3. Who is "Vincent," and why does Caroline object to Father working with him?

4. Describe Randy's appearance.

5. What does Father tell Caroline about his plans after they leave the men's camp?

6. Describe the place where Caroline and Father have been sleeping for a while by the end of Part Four.

7. When they are walking back home on the night when the story begins, what animal does Father tell Caroline to look at, and why?

8. What elaborate ritual do Caroline and Father have for sharing food in a way that does not alert people that they are together?

9. What is the symbolic significance of Caroline's and Father's watches?

10. In the beginning of the book, what activity are Caroline and Father engaged in, and why?

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