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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 are Nyle and Gran doing down in the cellar?
(a) Canning fruit.
(b) Sorting through the potatoes.
(c) Making sauerkraut.
(d) Making cheese.

2. Why does Nyle show Mrs. Trent the book about a boy in a train station?
(a) To get her approval.
(b) To suggest Mrs. Trent read the book to Ezra.
(c) To suggest Ezra is like the boy.
(d) To ask her if she has read it.

3. Where do the girls gather loose wool?
(a) By combing the sheep.
(b) Stuck on barbed wire.
(c) In the patures.
(d) In the barn.

4. Why does Nyle allow the strain in her and Muncie's friendship to continue?
(a) She doesn't want to tell Muncie about Ezra and his mom.
(b) She isn't aware of the strain.
(c) She isn't sure she wants Muncie as a friend anymore.
(d) She thinks Muncie is the one at fault.

5. How does Mrs. Trent disappoint her parents?
(a) By marrying too young.
(b) By converting to Roman Catholicism.
(c) By marrying outside the faith.
(d) By moving away from Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in the back room?

2. Where does Gran want Nyle to accompany her?

3. What does Ezra say about the puppy?

4. What brings up the topic of the nuclear accident?

5. Why does Muncie go home angry at Nyle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Mrs. Trent reveals that she disappoints her parents by marrying out of the faith and that she is paying the price now. Do you think this is true?

3. What do you think Ezra means when he says he feels like a phoenix?

4. How do you think the theme of determination plays out in this chapter?

5. How does Mr. Sobel get Nyle thinking about radiation poisoning and why is the topic particularly applicable?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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