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

3. How did Gertie learn to read?
(a) Brother
(b) School
(c) She cannot read
(d) The Bible

4. Which of the following words best describes how Gertie feels once she is at the doctor's office?
(a) Relieved
(b) Afraid
(c) Excited
(d) Happy

5. Where does this story begin?
(a) Illinois
(b) Texas
(c) Kentucky
(d) Tennessee

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

7. How does Gertie travel at the beginning of chapter one?
(a) Mule
(b) Truck
(c) Donkey
(d) Car

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

9. What happens to Gertie's dream of living in Tipton Place by the end of chapter nine?
(a) Realized and destroyed
(b) Realized only
(c) Destroyed only
(d) Unchanged

10. What does Henley leave to Gertie in his will?
(a) His copy of the Bible
(b) Nothing
(c) All his money
(d) His favorite pocket knife

11. Which of the following is not something Gertie's mother talks about in the sitting room with Gertie?
(a) Ill health
(b) Disappointment in Gertie
(c) Faith in the Bible
(d) How proud she is of Gertie

12. Where does Clytie think Clovis has gone?
(a) Just to get his physical
(b) To war
(c) Left home
(d) To work in a factory

13. What is the family rule regarding Sundays?
(a) Always go to church
(b) Never visit on this day
(c) Always stay together
(d) No hunting

14. What does Mrs. Bales say she sees in the block of cherry wood?
(a) A woman
(b) God
(c) Christ
(d) Nothing

15. Who does Gertie's mother say leads Henley into heathenism?
(a) Gertie
(b) Clovis
(c) No one
(d) Gertie's father