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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is so new to Georgie after leaving the grocery store?
(a) He has never had a gift before.
(b) He has never been excited about anything before.
(c) All of these.
(d) He has never kept secrets from his mother before.

2. What is the first thing everyone at the new school notices about Georgie?
(a) His accent.
(b) His scars.
(c) His beauty.
(d) His clothing.

3. Why does Georgie compare Sister to someone when he is sick?
(a) He thinks she is lying.
(b) He thinks she has been abused.
(c) He thinks she will hurt him.
(d) He thinks she is kind.

4. How does Georgie treat the person Mr. Collier introduces to him?
(a) He is excited.
(b) He is nervous.
(c) He is kind.
(d) He is off-putting.

5. What is wrong with the person Mr. Collier introduces Georgie to?
(a) He is mentally disabled.
(b) He is blind.
(c) He is deaf.
(d) He is in a wheelchair.

6. What is Ellen's occupation?
(a) Counselor.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Teacher.

7. How does Georgie feel about his lottery winnings?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is thrilled.
(c) He is disappointed.
(d) He feels guilty.

8. What does Georgie do during mealtimes at his new school?
(a) Practices reading.
(b) Draws in the dirt.
(c) Plays with Raleigh.
(d) Stares at the garden.

9. How does Timothy describe Robin?
(a) Silly.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Strange.

10. How is Mrs. Harper able to see all of Georgie's cuts and scars?
(a) He tears his shirt off.
(b) His coat falls off.
(c) He shows her.
(d) His shirt gets ripped.

11. Who takes Georgie back to the school when he passes out in the garden?
(a) Mary Angela.
(b) Mrs. Harper.
(c) Mr. Collier.
(d) Rosita.

12. What kind thing has Mrs. Harper done for Georgie while he has been sick?
(a) All of these.
(b) Visited him.
(c) Planted his rosebush.
(d) Fed him.

13. Who is the first person Georgie sees when he wakes up in the hospital?
(a) A cop.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A social worker.

14. What grade is Georgie in at the beginning of the book?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 3rd.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) 1st.

15. What does Georgie want to do with the garden at his new school?
(a) Learn to tend it.
(b) Get some flowers for Mrs. Sims.
(c) Harvest fruit there.
(d) Plant his rosebush there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of school is Georgie told to go to after he is released from the hospital?

2. Why is the garden so important to Mrs. Harper?

3. Who decides what kind of school Georgie should go to when he is released from the hospital?

4. How does Georgie's mother feel about him missing so much school?

5. What happens to Georgie's rosebush the day after he plants it?

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