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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is different about Muncie?
(a) She is Chinese.
(b) She is physically deformed.
(c) She is a genius.
(d) She is behind her class group by three years.

5. What does Nyle reply to Muncie's statement?
(a) That no one will tell her who to hang out with.
(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 she wasn't as brave as she might have seemed.

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

7. What does Nyla offer to help do?
(a) Move Ezra outside for some fresh air.
(b) Teach Muncie's pony to wear a bridle.
(c) Help Muncie card and spin the wool.
(d) Stay after school and clean chalk boards.

8. What does Mrs. Trent do when she comes into the room where Nyla and Ezra are?
(a) Mrs. Trent starts crying.
(b) Mrs. Trent tells Nyla Ezra is actually her nephew.
(c) Mrs. Trent lays her hand on Nyla's head and blesses her.
(d) Mrs. Trent kisses her son and says a prayer for him.

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

10. What does Ezra do when Nyla introduces herself?
(a) He turns away from her.
(b) He says hello and tells her his name.
(c) He sits up and asks her what the book is that she's carrying.
(d) He blinks, nods and then closes his eyes again.

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

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

13. What does Nyla not want to tell Muncie?
(a) That she doesn't want Muncie to come over anymore.
(b) About how Nyla's father died.
(c) About Ezra and Mrs. Trent.
(d) That she is going to the dance with a boy.

14. What do the girls do in Radio Shack?
(a) Play a video game.
(b) Play with the radio operated cars.
(c) Watch the t.v.
(d) Look at an ipod.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ezra call Nyle?

2. Where does Gran want Nyle to accompany her?

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

4. What do the teachers and principal monitor?

5. What does Nyle decide to add to the farm?

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