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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 Father suggest they do once he has found the oilskin holder?
(a) Have a serious talk about the future.
(b) Leave the park.
(c) Separate and have alone time.
(d) Start rebuilding their home.

2. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 2006.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2001.

3. Why is Valerie in state custody?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Assault.
(c) Shoplifting.
(d) Drug possession.

4. Who comes to the farm with the Ryder truck?
(a) A police officer.
(b) Jean Bauer.
(c) A reporter.
(d) Jim Harris.

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)?
(a) Tell them she is scared.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh or smile.
(d) Criticize Father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Walters wonder about Caroline going to school in the fall?

3. Where is the first place that Father and Caroline go when they leave the farm?

4. Where does Caroline say Father's monthly checks come from?

5. Who is the second stranger that comes to the new house with the social services people?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What arrives in the yellow truck, and what is Father's response?

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

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

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

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