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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nyle allow the strain in her and Muncie's friendship to continue?
(a) She thinks Muncie is the one at fault.
(b) She doesn't want to tell Muncie about Ezra and his mom.
(c) She isn't sure she wants Muncie as a friend anymore.
(d) She isn't aware of the strain.

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

3. What does the person want?
(a) She wants the girls to come in for lunch.
(b) He wants to learn more about the sheep.
(c) His dog, Tyrus, is missing again.
(d) He wants Muncie to come home.

4. Of what does Ezra's speaking just once remind Mrs. Trent?
(a) A passage in the Torah.
(b) Of the need to keep Ezra from knowing about his father.
(c) That Ezra used to be such a talker.
(d) Her husband's passing.

5. What does Ezra do when he sees the new puppy Nyle gets him?
(a) Names it Shep's girl.
(b) Screams that it's radioactive.
(c) Immediately puts it in the bed with him.
(d) Says it's the best present he's ever had.

6. What does Nyle think about her science lesson?
(a) That there were plenty of fruit flies on the bananas back home.
(b) That she hated the smell of sulfur.
(c) That it would have been better not to experience it firsthand.
(d) That she didn't think zygots were so interesting.

7. What is unusual about Nyle's house that makes her stop?
(a) The chimney has smoke coming out of it.
(b) There are no lights on.
(c) The front door is ajar.
(d) The back bedroom's curtain is closed.

8. What does Nyle do after shrugging off her uneasy feeling?
(a) Feeds her pony.
(b) Goes and sews up the sheep's wounds.
(c) Goes and milks the cow.
(d) Continues to bring in the firewood.

9. What do the girls do as they approach the farmhouse?
(a) Play a game with stones.
(b) Tell a joke about Ripley.
(c) Go their separate ways.
(d) Take the sheep to the barn.

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

11. What happens when the girls accidentally rile Ripley?
(a) He walks away.
(b) He says he's going to sic the dog on them.
(c) He says he's going to go talk to Mr. Harris.
(d) He throws a snowball and hits Muncie hard in the stomach.

12. What does Nyle decide about the next day?
(a) She will visit Ezra again.
(b) She will avoid the back bedroom.
(c) She will stay at her cousin's house.
(d) She will find a book to share with Ezra.

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

14. What brings up the topic of the nuclear accident?
(a) Seeing the towers of the power plant.
(b) A book about death and belonging.
(c) Seeing all the masks the kids are wearing.
(d) Talking about Ezra.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gran's response to Nyle's question?

2. What does Ezra now have the strength to do?

3. What are Nyle and Gran doing down in the cellar?

4. What does a nurse do to Ezra?

5. What does Muncie say when Nyle asks her opinion about the people who used to live in Cookshire?

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