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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Trent disappoint her parents?
(a) By converting to Roman Catholicism.
(b) By moving away from Israel.
(c) By marrying too young.
(d) By marrying outside the faith.

2. About what is Muncie asking Nyle?
(a) A book assigned in English class.
(b) Who she is going with to a school dance.
(c) If Ezra was nice.
(d) Why she allows Tyrus in their fields.

3. What does Nyla do as she nuzzles Bayley?
(a) Asks Bayley why he never seems sad.
(b) Tells Bayley that she wishes her father were here.
(c) Thinks that Ezra will die.
(d) Tells Bayley about her problems with Muncie.

4. What does Mrs. Haskins assign the students to write?
(a) A personal story about the accident.
(b) A letter to their congressional representatives and senators.
(c) A letter to their friends or families out of town telling them about the accident.
(d) A letter to their best friend and talk about their fears.

5. What does Nyla monitor as the days pass by?
(a) Ezra's non-movement.
(b) The coming of Christmas.
(c) The sheep's progress who was hurt by Tyrus.
(d) The arrival of winter.

6. What does Nyle notice when she goes downstairs in her home?
(a) That her father is in the kitchen.
(b) That Muncie is in the foyer.
(c) That her grandma is cooking.
(d) That the back bedroom door is open.

7. Who is Tyrus?
(a) The paper boy.
(b) A stray cat.
(c) The mail carrier.
(d) A stray dog.

8. What surprises Nyle when she goes to give Ezra a lesson on sheep farming?
(a) He is upright leaning on canes.
(b) Ezra is at a table working a jigsaw puzzle.
(c) He has a present for her.
(d) He is looking out the window.

9. What would Nyla have to do if the wind shifts?
(a) Leave behind all her treasures.
(b) Get all the sheep into the barn.
(c) Help grandma move Mrs. Trent and Ezra.
(d) Wear a radiation suit along with her mask.

10. How does Munice interpret Nyla's reluctance to talk?
(a) That Nyla is not feeling well.
(b) That Nyla doesn't like talking through her mask.
(c) That Nyla is taking what Ripley said seriously.
(d) That Nyla has a secret.

11. Who approaches Nyle as she is examining the sheep?
(a) Ripley Powers.
(b) Mr. Trent.
(c) Gran.
(d) Tyrus.

12. What does Ezra ask that Nyla does not know?
(a) That Nyla not visit him anymore.
(b) That the curtins to his bedroom remain drawn.
(c) That Nyla not read to him anymore.
(d) That he be allowed to die.

13. What does Nyle reply to Muncie's statement?
(a) That she wasn't as brave as she might have seemed.
(b) That they should put the sheep on a cart and call the vet.
(c) That she puts up with powers because he is violent.
(d) That no one will tell her who to hang out with.

14. What does Muncie invite Nyle to do?
(a) Go with her to the 4-H exhibit.
(b) Make a cake.
(c) Spend the night so they can watch a movie.
(d) Stay and spin the wool.

15. Who is with Nyle when she sees a sheep lying still?
(a) Muncie.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Tyrus.
(d) Ripley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ezra say he feels like?

2. What does the person want?

3. Where has Mrs. Haskins been?

4. What does Mr. Harris do?

5. Who killed the sheep?

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