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

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

3. 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 asks some neighbor children over to meet her.
(c) He helps her set up her own garden.
(d) He volunteers to take her to the library once a week.

4. What do Father and Caroline find when they go looking for the men's camp in Part Four?
(a) It has been abandoned.
(b) Valerie is now living with Richard.
(c) The Skeleton Family is there.
(d) None of the men will speak to them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Caroline's response when Mr. Walter asks her if she is bored?

2. What kind of building is the Father and Caroline's new house?

3. After Clarence tells Father that it was stupid to come back to the park, what does Father tell Caroline?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When Caroline is in state custody, which character that Caroline already knows turns out to be her roommate, and what surprises Caroline about the girl's behavior?

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

8. What privileges has Caroline earned as she has gotten older?

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

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

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