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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 do at the Safeway while Caroline shops?
(a) Returns the cans and bottles they collect.
(b) Talks with a stranger in the alley out back.
(c) Shaves in the bathroom.
(d) Looks through the flyers on the bulletin board.

2. Why does Father think that it was his fault that they got caught?
(a) He should have taught Caroline to be more careful.
(b) He went to town too often that last week.
(c) They did not hide their house well enough.
(d) They stayed in the last camp too long.

3. What does Father have nightmares about?
(a) Being followed.
(b) Helicopters.
(c) Prison.
(d) The men's camp.

4. What do Father and Caroline end up building with the wire Caroline brings home?
(a) Hiding places.
(b) Storage.
(c) Snares.
(d) Fish traps.

5. What item in Caroline's new bedroom does she remember having when she was younger?
(a) A cream-colored rug.
(b) A lamp with a black plastic knob.
(c) Blue sneakers with blue stripes.
(d) A poster of a brown horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Caroline tells Father that she likes living at the farm, what does he tell her?

2. What does Father suggest they do once he has found the oilskin holder?

3. What irony does Caroline note about walking around with Father in the city?

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

5. What is the name of the boy that Caroline meets in the yard of his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What pieces of information does Father give Caroline about her mother in Part One?

2. 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?

3. What does Valerie say she dislikes about Caroline, and what seems to be the real motivation for her hostility?

4. 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?

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

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. How do Caroline and Father end up getting found by the police?

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

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

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

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