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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the medical procedure which Gertie performed on Amos?
(a) Tonsilectomy
(b) Cardiopulmonary Resusitation
(c) Tracheotomy
(d) Appendectomy

2. Which of the following terms best describes how the other children treated the one child who had difficulty reading?
(a) Mocking
(b) Angry
(c) Empathetic
(d) Sympathetic

3. Which of the following is the best definition for tongue-tied?
(a) Mute
(b) Tongue is to big for the mouth
(c) Unable to speak from shyness or embarrassment
(d) Unwilling to speak due to orders or commands

4. What does Gertie enjoy imagining?
(a) Her life at Tipton Place
(b) Life for Clovis once he is in the Army
(c) Life after her children are grown
(d) Henley still being alive

5. Which of the following is a climactic reversal of fortune?
(a) Cassie's difficulty learning to read
(b) Mother's manipulating Gertie into going into the city
(c) Old John's preliminary agreement to sell the place
(d) Gertie wondering where Clovis is and when she will be able to buy the Tipton Place

Short Answer Questions

1. For what was Gertie's mother thankful to Gertie?

2. When does Gertie think Clovis will return home?

3. Why are the children quarrelsome at the end of chapter five?

4. What does Gertie dream of carving?

5. Where does Gertie's mother say Henley is?

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