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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. Who is in the back room?
(a) Nyle's father.
(b) Evacuees.
(c) Nyle's cousin.
(d) Grandpa.

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

3. When Nyla starts crying, what does Ezra do?
(a) Tells her she is being too loud.
(b) Offers her a tissue.
(c) Asks if she is crying.
(d) Tells her not to feel sorry for herself.

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

5. What does Nyla decide she can do to help Ezra?
(a) Play checkers with him.
(b) Sing to him.
(c) Read to him.
(d) Draw pictures of her dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nyle notice when she goes downstairs in her home?

2. What does Nyle want to know?

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

4. What does Nyla decide is one of the things she needs to do?

5. How does Mrs. Trent disappoint her parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What adds to the tension between the Muncie and Nyle?

2. 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?

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

4. What emotion is Nyle experiencing and what is Gran's advice about the emotion? Do you think it is wise advice?

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

6. What does Nyle see as she approaches the farmhouse and what might it foreshadow?

7. Describe Nyle's first encounter with Ezra.

8. What is ironic about Ezra's feeling about the back room?

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

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

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