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

2. What do Muncie and Nyle do after working in the pasture?
(a) Build a snow fort.
(b) Have a discussion about Ezra.
(c) Go to spin wool at Muncie's house.
(d) Walk to town for hot chocolate.

3. Are is Nyla doing at Muncie's house?
(a) Playing hopscotch.
(b) Carding wool.
(c) Washing Muncie's pony.
(d) Braiding Muncie's pony's tail.

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

5. Who approaches Nyle as she is examining the sheep?
(a) Mr. Trent.
(b) Ripley Powers.
(c) Gran.
(d) Tyrus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Nyle's house that makes her stop?

2. What would Nyla have to do if the wind shifts?

3. What does Nyle ask Gran?

4. What does Municie tell Nyle?

5. What do the girls do in Radio Shack?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Ezra's response to Nyle when she comes to read to him.

3. How is it obvious that the two teens feel some attraction for each other?

4. 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?

5. What emotion do you think Muncie is feeling as she inquires why Nyle did not come study with her the night before?

6. What does it mean when Nyle looks at all of her treasures and realizes that if the wind shifts, she will have to leave them all behind?

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

8. 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.

9. Would you have responded the same way as Nyle when Muncie asks her what is going on at Nyle's house?

10. What are the girls studying in their English class that is a major theme of this book?

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