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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Sobel tell the students?
(a) About radioactive materials.
(b) That the fruit fly experiment has been canceled because the radiation killed the flies.
(c) About zygots.
(d) That they would be doing an experiment with sulfur.

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

3. 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.

4. What does Ezra do when Nyle goes to pull back the window curtain.
(a) He asks her not to do so.
(b) He asks if she made the curtains.
(c) He hides under the covers.
(d) He gets up to go look outside.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about Muncie?

2. Where do the girls encounter some male classmates?

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

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

5. What is the real reason Nyle declines Muncie's invitation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nyle ask her Gran about sheep farming and what is Gran's response? Does Nyle's response surprise you?

2. What happens that demonstrates one minor theme in this book--that is, not accepting people for who they are?

3. The issue of a drawn curtain occurs in this chapter, in previous chapters, and in future chapters. How does this issue come up in this chapter and venture a guess as to the significance of the incident.

4. What else occurs at the beginning of this chapter that gives Nyle a sense of unease?

5. Describe Nyle's attempts to scare the neighbor's dog, Tyrus, away from the sheep. Why does Nyle want Tyrus to get off her property?

6. Describe Nyle and Muncie's encounter with Ripley and what you think the encounter may foreshadow.

7. Ten days after the accident, what does the Principal announce and what do you think your response would be?

8. What is the first sign of hope that Ezra shows?

9. How does the emotion of anger appear in this chapter?

10. What is evidence of Ezra's continue improvement?

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