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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. 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?
(a) It smells funny.
(b) There are no books.
(c) It is too cold.
(d) There is too much noise.

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

3. What does Caroline think about the academic test that she takes in the police training room?
(a) It is fun.
(b) It is embarrassing.
(c) It is stupid.
(d) It is difficult.

4. After Clarence tells Father that it was stupid to come back to the park, what does Father tell Caroline?
(a) That they will go back to the farm soon.
(b) That they are too smart for the police to catch again.
(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.

5. When Caroline tells Father that she likes living at the farm, what does he tell her?
(a) That appearances are deceptive and she should be as careful here as in the park.
(b) That she likes it because it reminds her of her first home.
(c) That she should not get used to living there, because it is not permanent.
(d) That getting her to like it is part of a surveillance plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Father's and Caroline's watches?

2. On page 96, who calls Caroline a "hillbilly girl"?

3. What is the first thing that Jean Bauer takes Caroline to do?

4. What does Caroline get angry at Jean Bauer for when Jean talks about sticks leaping up and stones rolling uphill?

5. When Caroline says, on page 84, "everything's different now," what is Father's response?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caroline remember when she is riding in the police car?

2. When they get close to their cave home, how do Father and Caroline change the way they are walking, and why?

3. What happens when Caroline tries to get to sleep on the first night in the house on the farm, and what is her solution?

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

5. What does Clarence tell Father when Father and Caroline find the men's camp?

6. 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?

7. What surprises the child welfare workers about Caroline's physical and mental condition?

8. The novel opens with Caroline reflecting that "There's nothing to do but keep walking, you have to be ready for everything" (3). What does this comment tell the reader about Caroline's state of mind?

9. What pieces of information does Father give Caroline about her mother in Part One?

10. When Caroline and Father are leaving the ATM, they run into a man who knows Father. What name does the man call Father, and where does he seem to know him from?

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