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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. Who is "Chainsaw"?
(a) One of the horses.
(b) One of the ranch hands.
(c) One of the convicts cleaning the side of the road.
(d) A neighbor's dog.

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

3. When Caroline runs into Taffy again, what news does Taffy have for her about Valerie?
(a) Valerie is pregnant.
(b) Valerie has been arrested again.
(c) Valerie is dead.
(d) Valerie has disappeared with Richard.

4. What is Caroline's response when Mr. Walter asks her if she is bored?
(a) That any life outside the park would be boring.
(b) That she likes being a little bored, because it gives her time to think.
(c) That she is not bored when she is allowed to help Father with his work.
(d) That if a person is bored it is their own fault.

5. Whom is Father quoting when he says, on page 14, "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes"?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Emerson.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Thoreau.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 34, whom is Father quoting when he says, "We have the liveliest interest in a wild man"?

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

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

4. Why does Father take Caroline to the Methodist church?

5. Why do Father and Caroline go to the men's camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Part Two, what two things does Jean Bauer give to Caroline, and how does she demonstrate that she has been listening to Caroline's complaints about her room?

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

5. What is Caroline eager to tell Father once they are alone in Part Three, and how does he respond?

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

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

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

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

10. How do Caroline and Father continue to show their love for animals in the way that they live?

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