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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. What happens the week before Thanksgiving?
(a) Gilly gets sick with the flu.
(b) Mr. Randolph gets sick with the flu.
(c) William Ernest gets sick with the flu.
(d) Mrs. Trotter gets sick with the flu.

2. What does Gilly teach William Ernest?
(a) How to defend himself.
(b) How to steal.
(c) How to play hop-scotch.
(d) How to run really fast.

3. On Gilly's last night, what does Mrs. Trotter finally admit?
(a) That she is happy Gilly is going.
(b) That she is worried about William Ernest.
(c) That she is really going to miss Gilly.
(d) That she is already getting a replacement foster child.

4. What does Gilly tell William Ernest in her December 16 letter to him?
(a) That her horses are going for the Triple Crown.
(b) That her horses won the Kentucky Derby.
(c) That her horses lost the race so they can't go to the Kentucky Derby.
(d) That her horses won the race and are now training for the Kentucky Derby.

5. What does Gilly's grandmother promise before she leaves?
(a) That she would never come back again.
(b) That she would find Courtney.
(c) That she would get Gilly out of there soon.
(d) That she would return the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Gilly to leave Mrs.Trotter's home?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what is the reason for the argument?

3. What statement does Miss Ellis make when Gilly tells her she remembers her mother?

4. What does Gilly tell William Ernest in her letter to him?

5. When William Ernest asks if he can visit Gilly, what does Mrs. Trotter say?

Short Essay Questions

1. How quickly is the move from Mrs. Trotter's to her grandmother's going to take?

2. In Chapter 14, what does Gilly write about in her letters to Mrs. Trotter and William Ernest?

3. What does Gilly's grandmother try to do as she prepares for her daughter's visit?

4. What happens during Thanksgiving week that keeps Gilly away from school on Tuesday and Wednesday?

5. What happens to Gilly when Miss Ellis tells her she is going to have to live with her grandmother?

6. In Chapter 12, what futile thing does Gilly do after supper?

7. Why is Gilly concerned when her grandmother promises to get her out of the Trotter foster home?

8. While everyone else enjoys the belated Thanksgiving dinner Gilly cooked, what is happening to her?

9. What happens during the night that both hurts and helps Gilly regarding her move?

10. What becomes clear in the letters exchanged between Miss Harris and Gilly?

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