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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following words best describes what the main activities were which filled Christmas Day for Gertie?
(a) Arguing
(b) Whining
(c) Laughing
(d) Playing

3. What does Clovis make for Gertie?
(a) Washing machine
(b) Tombstone for Cassie
(c) Sabersaw
(d) Jigsaw

4. Why does Clovis refrain from going outside?
(a) Always working on the dolls
(b) No money for clothes
(c) Embarrassment
(d) Scars

5. With what do the Meanwell and Daly children play?
(a) Sprinkler
(b) Toy cars and trucks
(c) Garden hose
(d) Wooden blocks which remind Gertie of her carvings

6. According to what Max tells Gertie, who controls Max's life and tells her how to live?
(a) Victor's mother
(b) No one, she controls her own life
(c) Victor
(d) The Daly's

7. On what does Clovis compliment Gertie?
(a) Ability to save
(b) Ability to care for the children
(c) Ability to cook
(d) Ability to carve

8. When Gertie quotes from the Bible about drinking, which is the main message?
(a) Drinking is good
(b) People drink to hide their misery
(c) Drinking is wrong
(d) People drink to get away from their spouses

9. Which character's children had his or her tonsils out and were watched afterward by Gertie?
(a) Victor
(b) Mr. Anderson
(c) Sophronie
(d) Maggie

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

11. Which of the following characters does Gertie find out leads a double life?
(a) Maggie
(b) Mrs. Bales
(c) Mrs. Anderson
(d) Mrs. Daly

12. What does Maggie want to teach Gertie in order for her to fix her wooden statue?
(a) How to do the laundry
(b) How to use the stove better
(c) Where to shop for bargains
(d) How to knit

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(c) Because she thought Cassie was sad and withdrawn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 of the following characters wins the lottery?
(a) Max
(b) Gertie
(c) Mrs. Anderson
(d) Mr. Daly

15. Where does Max go when she leaves Victor?
(a) East coast to see the sea
(b) To Canada
(c) West coast to see the sea
(d) To Europe

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Mr. Anderson pay for the carving of the hen Gertie has done?

2. Which of the following terms best describes Reuben as the new school term begins?

3. Into what interest has Clytie become absorbed?

4. Why does Mr. Anderson begin to wear white shirts?

5. What does Mr. Daly accuse Gertie of doing as she tries to take her child back in the house after the fight?

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