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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Gertie offer to pay the officer for the ride?
(a) Ten dollars
(b) Five dollars
(c) Two dollars
(d) One dollar

2. Which of the following words describes Gertie's mother?
(a) Manipulative
(b) Kind hearted
(c) Deceptive
(d) Loving

3. Which of the following words best describes how the cab driver responds to the excitement of Gertie's children?
(a) Excitedly
(b) Mocking
(c) Indifferent
(d) Ignoring

4. What is Gertie doing when Old John comes to talk to her?
(a) Waiting in the post office
(b) Watching Cassie learn to read
(c) Talking to Clovis's mother
(d) Digging potatoes

5. What does Mrs. Daly throw into Mrs. Bales' face?
(a) Soapy water
(b) Chemicals
(c) A dish rag
(d) Dirty mop water

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gertie direct the mule into the path of the car?

2. As it rains, for what is Gertie grateful about the new house?

3. How did Clovis pay for most of the items in the Detroit house?

4. What does Gertie carve for Cassie on the walk to her parent's house?

5. How do Gertie and the children travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Gertie meets a black woman on the train. What does this woman tell Gertie which surprises Gertie?

2. At the beginning of chapter ten, Gertie awakens from a dream about what?

3. Describe Gertie's neighbor Sophronie Meanwell.

4. After the teachers tell Gertie not to worry about her children because they will adjust, what does Gertie wonder?

5. Why doesn't Gertie tell her husband that she performed the surgery?

6. What joke does Gertie make with Cassie as they pass by the Tipton family house?

7. While Gertie is digging for potatoes, what good news does she receive?

8. What happens to ruin Gertie's dream of owning Tipton Place?

9. Gertie gets physically sick on the train. What happens after she is ill?

10. Why is Clytie crying at the beginning of chapter three?

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