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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 Caroline learn from Father's notebook?
(a) That her mother is really alive.
(b) The sources of his ideas.
(c) That Della is not her biological sister.
(d) That she is not his biological child.

2. On page 143, what does Caroline write in the fog on the bus window?
(a) "Sojourner."
(b) "Hello."
(c) "Igloo."
(d) "Carp."

3. On page 199, what criticism does Caroline make of her family?
(a) They "follow rules just to follow them."
(b) "I know that they always loved Della more than me."
(c) The "things they believe are unbelievable."
(d) "They are the kind of people who do not understand about nature and how to be free."

4. What does Caroline buy at the mall in Part Seven?
(a) A notebook.
(b) Fabric.
(c) Perfume.
(d) New shoes.

5. What does Caroline fear might be true about her sister, in Part Seven?
(a) That she will refuse to accept Caroline's identity.
(b) That she will be angry at Caroline.
(c) That she is not her biological sister.
(d) That she was happy when Caroline left.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Caroline reading in Part Seven that she needs the dictionary for?

2. What does Caroline do to try to get her sister to recognize her in Part Seven?

3. Why do Father and Caroline not stretch a tarp over the hot spring to trap its heat around them?

4. What do the details of the marks left by Caroline's bike tires and her needing to push her bike the last half mile home emphasize?

5. What do Susan and Paul have for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what sense are Susan and Father similar?

2. When Paul falls from the sled and Caroline comes up the hill to find him, what does she see, and what does Susan tell her is happening?

3. How does Caroline support herself in Part Eight?

4. What is ironic about Father telling Caroline "Trust me" when he decides that they should trek back into the mountains instead of getting the motel room that Caroline suggests (164)?

5. How does Caroline retain part of her wild nature in Part Eight?

6. What does Caroline do after she finds Father, and why?

7. When Caroline leaves her old house, where does she go next, and why?

8. What natural feature do Caroline and Father stumble across, and how does it save them?

9. What is ironic about the feeling Caroline shares about grocery shopping in the beginning of Part Six?

10. Where does Caroline go after she leaves the cave?

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