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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 Ezra call Nyle?
(a) Sheep Herder.
(b) Nyle.
(c) Nylie.
(d) Shep.
2. How does Munice interpret Nyla's reluctance to talk?
(a) That Nyla doesn't like talking through her mask.
(b) That Nyla is taking what Ripley said seriously.
(c) That Nyla has a secret.
(d) That Nyla is not feeling well.
3. Where do the girls gather loose wool?
(a) By combing the sheep.
(b) Stuck on barbed wire.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In the patures.
4. What do Muncie and Nyle do one day after school?
(a) Visit Ezra so he can meet Muncie.
(b) Ride horses.
(c) Fix fences.
(d) Go to the movies.
5. What does Nyle decide about the next day?
(a) She will visit Ezra again.
(b) She will avoid the back bedroom.
(c) She will stay at her cousin's house.
(d) She will find a book to share with Ezra.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mr. Sobel tell the students?
2. What does Nyle ask Gran?
3. What do the teachers and principal monitor?
4. What does Nyla monitor as the days pass by?
5. What does Nyla notice about Ezra when she enters his room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What emotion do you think Muncie is feeling as she inquires why Nyle did not come study with her the night before?
2. What do you think Ezra means when he says he feels like a phoenix?
3. Describe Ezra's response to Nyle when she comes to read to him.
4. Describe Nyle's first encounter with Ezra.
5. What is the first sign of hope that Ezra shows?
6. What adds to the tension between the Muncie and Nyle?
7. Would you have responded the same way as Nyle when Muncie asks her what is going on at Nyle's house?
8. What does Mrs. Haskins assign her students to do and do you think this is mixing education with politics?
9. 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?
10. What are the girls studying in their English class that is a major theme of this book?
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