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

2. Who is Nyle yelling at as the story begins?
(a) Tyrus.
(b) Ripley.
(c) Muncie.
(d) Phoebe.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Nyle when she goes to give Ezra a lesson on sheep farming?

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

3. What is the most interesting aspect of the weather right now?

4. Why does Nyle show Mrs. Trent the book about a boy in a train station?

5. How does Munice interpret Nyla's reluctance to talk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Of what is the open curtain symbolic?

5. Contrast the back room how it was used when Nyle is small versus in the story now.

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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