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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 does not answer Nyle's calls?
(a) Nyle's grandpa.
(b) Nyle's mother.
(c) Gran and the dog and cat.
(d) Nyle's father.

2. What does Ezra do when he sees the new puppy Nyle gets him?
(a) Immediately puts it in the bed with him.
(b) Screams that it's radioactive.
(c) Names it Shep's girl.
(d) Says it's the best present he's ever had.

3. What does Nyle think about her science lesson?
(a) That it would have been better not to experience it firsthand.
(b) That she didn't think zygots were so interesting.
(c) That there were plenty of fruit flies on the bananas back home.
(d) That she hated the smell of sulfur.

4. What does Ezra do when Nyla introduces herself?
(a) He sits up and asks her what the book is that she's carrying.
(b) He says hello and tells her his name.
(c) He blinks, nods and then closes his eyes again.
(d) He turns away from her.

5. What does Ezra now have the strength to do?
(a) Start back on his school work.
(b) Walk to and fro in his room.
(c) Learn to card wool.
(d) Go outside for brief periods of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nyla monitor as the days pass by?

2. What does Ezra say about the puppy?

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

4. What does Mrs. Trent do when she comes into the room where Nyla and Ezra are?

5. What does a nurse do to Ezra?

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 do the girls do in Radio Shack and why is that ironic?

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. Why is it ironic that Nyle has to frighten off Tyrus from the sheep?

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

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