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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Winnie feel relief when it's time for supper?
(a) It means it's almost midnight.
(b) She doesn't have to do dishes.
(c) It's something to do.
(d) She's starving.

2. What does Winnie pour on the toad?
(a) Her glass of lemonade.
(b) The water Jesse gave her.
(c) Water from the garden hose.
(d) A bowl of water from the house.

3. Who confronts Winnie the moment she gets out of bed?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) No one.
(d) Her father.

4. What does the constable say will happen to Mae if the man dies?
(a) She'll be sent to prison.
(b) She'll be taken to jail.
(c) She'll be taken to the gallows.
(d) She'll be released .

5. What do Winnie and Miles use for bait?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Pork fat.
(c) Worms.
(d) Grasshoppers.

6. What does Jesse say is the reason Miles and Winnie didn't catch any fish?
(a) There aren't any fish in the pond.
(b) They were using the wrong bait.
(c) Miles is out of practice.
(d) Miles doesn't know how to fish.

7. What does Mae answer when the constable asks why she hit the man?
(a) That he had hit her first.
(b) That he was trying to take the child away.
(c) That he wanted Winnie to drink from the spring.
(d) That he had threatened to tell their secret.

8. How does the stranger discover the Fosters' gate is unlocked?
(a) He asks Winnie's grandmother.
(b) He calls out.
(c) He tries it.
(d) He asks Winnie.

9. What words does the stranger use to describe the people who took Winnie?
(a) Kind and unusual.
(b) Stupid and homely.
(c) Rough and illiterate.
(d) Mean and tough.

10. How does Winnie plan to provide water for the toad?
(a) She turns on the water hose.
(b) She is going to carry the toad to the pond.
(c) She carries a bowl of water outside.
(d) She is going to take the toad inside to the tub.

11. What image comes to Winnie's mind when she closes her eyes?
(a) The man in the yellow suit.
(b) Tuck's kind face.
(c) The blood on Mae's hands.
(d) Jesse.

12. What does the constable say they must do with the stranger?
(a) Take him to the gallows.
(b) Take him in the house.
(c) Take him to the Fosters.
(d) Take him to town.

13. What does Winnie sleep in that night?
(a) One of Jesse's shirt.
(b) Her own nightgown.
(c) Mae's spare nightgown.
(d) Her own clothes.

14. Who opens the door of Winnie's house?
(a) Winnie's grandmother.
(b) Winnie.
(c) Winnie's mother.
(d) Winnie's father.

15. Why does Winnie say the entire escapade is difficult for her family?
(a) Because they are proud.
(b) Because they wanted Winnie to be punished.
(c) Because they wanted to meet the Tucks.
(d) Because they had to pay a fine .

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winnie say to Tuck as she's being taken away?

2. Who is waiting for Winnie at the gate?

3. What does the person say who opens the door for the stranger?

4. What do they have for breakfast the morning after Winnie and Miles go fishing?

5. What is Mae's reaction when they hear a knock on the door?

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