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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. Why does Caroline go to Pioneer Cemetery in Part Seven?
(a) To find a place to hide for the night.
(b) To say a prayer for Father.
(c) To see the family burial plot.
(d) To see her mother's grave.

2. On page 147, when Caroline tells Father that she cannot feel her feet anymore, what does he say to her?
(a) "Frostbite is better than freezing to death."
(b) "That makes two of us."
(c) "Jump up and down. Get the blood moving."
(d) "As long as you can keep on walking."

3. What is the name of the road that Caroline lives on in Part Eight?
(a) Pioneer.
(b) Hill View.
(c) Wildwing.
(d) Adams.

4. When they get into the water of the hot spring, what warning does Father give Caroline about the water?
(a) To get out if she feels sleepy.
(b) To move her head where she will breathe less of its gasses.
(c) Not to get her head wet.
(d) Not to let it get in her ears.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Caroline not buy something to eat at the mall in Part Seven?

2. Why does Caroline go to Adams School in Part Seven?

3. What does Caroline learn from Father's notebook?

4. What is unusual about the structure where Father and Caroline meet Susan?

5. What can the reader infer from the way that Susan calls for Paul when he and Caroline are outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the mixed feelings that Caroline has as she looks at her old house?

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

3. What does the reader learn has happened to one of Caroline's toes?

4. What education has Caroline received since returning to Oregon?

5. What happens during Caroline's encounter with the two sisters in the mall bathroom?

6. When Caroline is finally alone in the cave, watching the fire, what does she finally allow herself to think about?

7. What features of Paul's does Caroline notice and find unusual?

8. Why does Caroline feel that Father is both missing and not missing?

9. What does the condition of Caroline's feet tell the reader about her?

10. When Caroline goes inside the yurt after Susan and Paul leave, what does she see?

(see the answer keys)

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