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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 is the name of the boy that Caroline meets in the yard of his house?
(a) Clarence.
(b) Zachary.
(c) James.
(d) Richard.

2. When they get on the bus to leave the farm, how is Caroline disguised?
(a) Her hair has been bleached blonde.
(b) Her clothes are padded to make her look heavier.
(c) She is wearing a baseball uniform.
(d) Her hair is hidden inside a hat.

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

4. When Caroline asks Valerie if she has seen Father, what does Valerie tell her?
(a) The police will take her away from him.
(b) No, adults do not stay at this facility.
(c) Her father has already been sent to jail.
(d) Yes, but he seemed very upset.

5. In Part Four, what do Caroline and Father find has happened to their house?
(a) Part of the roof has been torn off.
(b) The sheriff has destroyed it.
(c) Tourists have taken most of it for souvenirs.
(d) Animals have invaded it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What justification for stealing does Father give Caroline at the salvage yard?

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

5. What does Caroline have trouble doing once they relocate to the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems to be happening to Father while they are living in the house, and what textual details support this interpretation?

2. 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?

3. Why does Caroline leave her encyclopedias behind when she is taken into state custody?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. What comparison does Father make in the question he asks the officers who are driving him and Caroline to the farm?

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