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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 is Muncie's response to the discussion?
(a) That the puppy is going to be a handful.
(b) That Muncie has seen George with Chyrstabel and he isn't worth Nyle's time.
(c) That Nyle treats her like everyone else.
(d) That she's already done most of her shopping.

2. What does Mrs. Trent ask Nyle do to before Mrs. Trent leaves the kitchen?
(a) To be gentle with Ezra.
(b) To get the puppy.
(c) To close the curtain.
(d) To let Ezra talk.

3. How does the back bedroom look now?
(a) The same as always.
(b) Like a woodworking shop.
(c) Like a library.
(d) Less like an infirmary and more like a healthy teenage boy's room.

4. Why does Ripley start crying?
(a) Muncie says he probably killed his own dog.
(b) Nyle calls him a bully.
(c) Ezra hit him really hard.
(d) He confesses that his dog dies of radiation poisoning.

5. What do Nyle and Ezra do every night?
(a) Their homework together at the kitchen table.
(b) Card wool.
(c) Train Shep.
(d) Yoga to strengthen Nyle's body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a word that might describe Ezra?

2. Why are the farm inhabitants fairly safe from radiation?

3. Who enters the kitchen as Gran and Nyle are talking?

4. What do the teens teach the puppy?

5. What happens to Ezra as they walk towards the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the altercation between Ripley and the three friends.

2. How do you think the image of sheep is used by Ezra in this chapter?

3. Why is Ezra upset after Nyle reads her paper to him?

4. What happens that probably garners sympathy for Ripley on the part of the characters and readers?

5. How does Ripley demonstrate that he is a bully?

6. How does Ezra seem to fare on his first day of school?

7. What gets Nyle thinking about her father and why is she mad at him (though, perhaps she unconscious of the reason)?

8. How does Nyle and Gran's discussion about the Trent's future show Nyle's continued maturing?

9. How does Nyle show wisdom in her interaction with Ezra about the puppy?

10. How is Nyle still avoiding making things right with Muncie?

(see the answer keys)

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