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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to all of Gertie's savings?
(a) Paid for funeral and casket
(b) Clovis put it in the bank to keep saving money
(c) Paid for funeral, casket and headstone
(d) Paid for hospital bills, funeral and casket

2. Which of the following terms best describes Reuben as the new school term begins?
(a) Excited
(b) Sullen
(c) Dramatic
(d) Morose

3. To whom does the youngest Meanwell girl talk?
(a) Cassie
(b) Callie Lou
(c) The Daly children
(d) Gertie

4. Which of the following does not interrupt Gertie's dream?
(a) The roar of a passing train
(b) Enoch asking for money to plant some grass and flowers
(c) Callie Lou talking to Gertie
(d) Clytie who tells her the grocer is giving them credit

5. What does Gertie dream of in Chapter 28?
(a) Escaping from Clovis and returning to Kentucky alone
(b) Killing herself on the train tracks
(c) Cassie being alive and playing with her
(d) Being back in her own land where flowers and vegetables were growing

6. Which word best describes how injured Clovis is when he is beaten?
(a) Barely
(b) Mortally
(c) Critically
(d) Seriously

7. Into what interest has Clytie become absorbed?
(a) School plays
(b) Reuben's fights
(c) Clovis's work
(d) Radio dramas

8. What does Max ask for when he comes to Gertie?
(a) A place to stay
(b) A dream
(c) A new husband
(d) Lottery ticket

9. What does the train do to Cassie?
(a) Cuts off her arms
(b) Cuts off her legs
(c) Crushes her chest
(d) Nothing, she is unharmed

10. What device does Gertie use for the first time in chapter 35?
(a) Washing machine
(b) Microwave
(c) Clothes dryer
(d) Pay phone

11. Which of the following terms best describes Gertie in Chapter 28?
(a) Morose
(b) Grief stricken
(c) Surprised
(d) Relieved

12. Why does Clytie say that Clovis is angry and throws the pan out into the snow?
(a) Drinking
(b) Ruining her life
(c) Abusing Gertie
(d) Venting his frustrations over his shift change

13. Why did Cassie's teacher say she sent the note home?
(a) Because Cassie needed help with her homework
(b) Because Cassie refused to eat
(c) Because she thought Cassie was sad and withdrawn
(d) Because Cassie was failing

14. Which child's conference at school went worst?
(a) Cassie's
(b) Whit's
(c) Enoch's
(d) Reuben's

15. What happens to the union leader who wants to go on strike?
(a) Killed
(b) Beaten Up
(c) Moved out of the country
(d) Fired

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fight do Gertie's children get into in chapter sixteen?

2. Who leaves the complex in chapter 31?

3. Which character's children had his or her tonsils out and were watched afterward by Gertie?

4. According to Clovis, why had Gertie's mother allowed her to marry Clovis?

5. What does Clovis make for Gertie?

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