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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 Nyla not visit him anymore.
(b) That he be allowed to die.
(c) That the curtins to his bedroom remain drawn.
(d) That Nyla not read to him anymore.

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

3. What is the only thing Ezra says to Nyle?
(a) "I want my mommie."
(b) "Who are you?"
(c) "I want to go home."
(d) "I had a dog."

4. What does Nyla decide is one of the things she needs to do?
(a) Tell Muncie about Ezra.
(b) Make friends with Ripley.
(c) Ask her gran about the truth about her father.
(d) Help a little with Ezra's physical care.

5. What is the real reason Nyle declines Muncie's invitation?
(a) She doesn't like spinning wool.
(b) She doesn't want to see the movie Muncie has.
(c) She has to go sit with Ezra.
(d) She has to go be checked for possible radiation poisoning.

6. From where are the mother and son in the back room?
(a) London.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Corkshire.
(d) Melrose.

7. Where has Mrs. Haskins been?
(a) In bed ill.
(b) Out of the country.
(c) On personal leave.
(d) At a teacher's convention.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does Ezra say about the puppy?
(a) Its fur is the same color as his dog that died.
(b) Ezra does not want Nyle to bring him anything to love.
(c) It seems to like Ezra already.
(d) It is going to be an awfully large dog.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ezra do when Nyle goes to pull back the window curtain.

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

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

4. What does Ezra say he feels like?

5. Who killed the sheep?

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