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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What frightens Cassie while they are at Gertie's parent's house?
(a) Gertie's crying
(b) Gertie's father's accident
(c) Gertie's mother yelling
(d) Henley's presence

2. As it rains, for what is Gertie grateful about the new house?
(a) That the windows are solid
(b) That she moved before the rain started
(c) That the children are safe
(d) That Clovis is not there

3. How did Clovis get his job?
(a) By bribing the boss
(b) On his experience
(c) By telling lies
(d) The tremendous need of the company

4. What does Gertie carve for Cassie on the walk to her parent's house?
(a) A small dog
(b) A small bird
(c) A small cat
(d) A small doll

5. Why does Gertie vomit?
(a) Did not want to go to Detroit
(b) Nerves from traveling with the children
(c) Pregnancy
(d) The unfamiliar feeling, sights and smells of the train

6. What question does Gertie ask Joe?
(a) How long would it take me to get home?
(b) How much are the vegetables?
(c) Why doesn't your assistant speak English?
(d) How long did it take you to like your new life?

7. Where do Gertie and the children move?
(a) Tipton Place
(b) Detroit
(c) Back to their original home
(d) Town

8. At the beginning of chapter five, why does Gertie awaken early?
(a) A dream about Henley
(b) Noises outside
(c) The kids wake her up
(d) Clovis wakes her up

9. What does Gertie have to help the children get into for their first day of school?
(a) Snowsuits
(b) Bookbags
(c) Uniforms
(d) Taxi cab

10. When does Gertie find the time to do most of her carving?
(a) Early in the morning
(b) Never, she rarely gets to carve anymore
(c) In the middle of the day
(d) Late at night

11. Which word best describes the officer's feelings for Gertie before she preformed the medical procedure on Amos?
(a) Respect
(b) Pride
(c) Distaste
(d) Hatred

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

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

14. Why does Gertie read to her children from the Bible during chapter three?
(a) To help them get over their grief for Henley
(b) Because it is the only book they own
(c) To teach them how to read
(d) To provide them with religious instruction

15. How much money did Gertie inherit?
(a) $50
(b) $500
(c) $100
(d) $300

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what did Gertie and Clovis argue?

2. From what type of wood does she want to use to carve the man?

3. What happened to the shaving strop?

4. Where does Clovis want to take the children to go visiting?

5. Who is Callie Lou?

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