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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. In the beginning of Part Two, when Caroline is getting ready to leave her house, what is the first thing that she puts in her backpack?
(a) Her clothes.
(b) Randy.
(c) Her journal.
(d) The "E" volume of the encyclopedia.

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 lookout.
(c) Building a new house.
(d) Getting to know the park again.

3. What is the only possession of Father's and Caroline's that is left in their old cave house?
(a) Caroline's encyclopedias.
(b) The mattress.
(c) The green Coleman stove.
(d) The tea kettle.

4. What is Caroline's first impression of Mr. Walters?
(a) That he is nosy.
(b) That he is friendly.
(c) That he is lonely.
(d) That he is suspicious.

5. What do the details of Caroline scratching words into leaves, looking for the "criminals," and shouting for Lala imply?
(a) She is frightened.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She is overjoyed.
(d) She is lonely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Father get irritated about Catherine doing in the library?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. What kind of psychological test does Jean Bauer run with the pictures?

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

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

9. What does Caroline remember when she is riding in the police car?

10. 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?

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