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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does a nurse do to Ezra?
(a) Take his blood pressure.
(b) Inject him with gammaglobulin.
(c) Tell him he is getting better.
(d) Hook up an IV.

3. Why doesn't I'll answer Muncie's question?
(a) Nyle is talking to someone else.
(b) Nyle is lost in thought about Ezra.
(c) Nyle is listening on her headsets.
(d) Nyle doesn't hear Muncie.

4. Why does Muncie go home angry at Nyle?
(a) Because she will not say who is at the window.
(b) Because Nyle told her she is going to the Christmas dance.
(c) Because she does not defend Muncie agains Ripley.
(d) Because she does not offer Muncie lunch.

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

6. Who eventually comes out to greet Nyle?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Gran.
(c) Baylor.
(d) Mr. Trent.

7. What does Gran say Nyle needs to do?
(a) Make friends with Tyrus.
(b) Make friends with Ezra.
(c) Make friends with Ripley.
(d) Make friends with Muncie.

8. Why does Nyle refuse Muncie's invitation?
(a) She is not allowed cake before dinner.
(b) She has to go home to care for Ezra.
(c) She wants to go to the exhibit with a boy she likes who asks her.
(d) She has to bring in the sheep after the snowfall.

9. What does Nyle decide to add to the farm?
(a) A guard dog.
(b) A new ram.
(c) A new feeding trough.
(d) A horse to replace the pony Mr. Harris bought for Muncie.

10. Who defends Muncie before Nyle has the chance to do so?
(a) Muncie.
(b) Bob.
(c) Dan.
(d) Gran.

11. Where do the girls encounter some male classmates?
(a) At the movies.
(b) In the mall.
(c) At a restaurant for lunch.
(d) At the arcade.

12. Who is Nyle yelling at as the story begins?
(a) Phoebe.
(b) Muncie.
(c) Tyrus.
(d) Ripley.

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

14. What is the most interesting aspect of the weather right now?
(a) It is unseasonably warm.
(b) It has hailed golf-sized balls.
(c) It is warm and sunny.
(d) Snow has fallen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the girls accidentally rile Ripley?

2. What do Muncie and Nyle do one day after school?

3. What do Muncie and Nyle do after working in the pasture?

4. What does Nyla notice about Ezra when she enters his room?

5. What do the girls do as they approach the farmhouse?

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