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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Gertie that she cannot whip them as she threatened?
(a) Cassie
(b) Clytie
(c) Reuben
(d) Enoch

2. On what did Gertie spend Henley's money?
(a) Truck
(b) Clothes
(c) Tipton Place
(d) Car

3. Where does Clovis want to take the children to go visiting?
(a) Clovis' parents
(b) The neighbor's home
(c) To visit Amos in the clinic
(d) Gertie's parents

4. What is the main character's life-long dream?
(a) To be wealthy
(b) To own her own farm
(c) To never have to work again
(d) To live near the beach

5. What derogatory term do the people in the train station call Gertie?
(a) Stupid
(b) Hillbilly
(c) Thickheaded
(d) Blockhead

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gertie's mother say Gertie betrayed Clovis?

2. How does Gertie handle the children's concerns that Clovis leaves without saying goodbye?

3. Which of the following is the best definition for tongue-tied?

4. Which of the following is a climactic reversal of fortune?

5. Why did Gertie go out to start the truck?

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