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

2. On the morning after they arrive back at the park, what does Caroline suggest they spend the day doing?
(a) Looking for the men's camp.
(b) Building a new house.
(c) Getting to know the park again.
(d) Building a new lookout.

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

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

5. What is unusual about Father's and Caroline's watches?
(a) Only Father's actually works.
(b) They are valuable antiques.
(c) They are set to East Coast time, instead of West Coast.
(d) They are synchronized but do not tell the correct time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Caroline starts walking around and around the room she shares with Valerie and Taffy?

2. What special effort does Mr. Walter make to make Caroline feel at home?

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

4. Who is "Jerry"?

5. What kind of character is Caroline drawn to in the book that Jean Bauer gives her?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

5. Describe Randy's appearance.

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

7. What arrangement have the social services people come to with Mr. Walters?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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