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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Part Two, when Caroline is getting ready to leave her house, what is the first thing that she puts in her backpack?
(a) Randy.
(b) Her journal.
(c) Her clothes.
(d) The "E" volume of the encyclopedia.

2. What does Caroline have trouble doing once they relocate to the city?
(a) Avoiding truancy officers.
(b) Eating.
(c) Trusting Father.
(d) Sleeping.

3. When Valerie introduces Taffy to Caroline, what does Caroline ask her?
(a) What "Taffy" is short for.
(b) If that is her real name.
(c) Whether her name embarrasses her.
(d) Why her parents gave her such a weird name.

4. What game does Caroline often play with Father?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Chess.
(d) Poker.

5. Besides the view and her feeling that she cannot breath in the room where she is staying, what other complaint does Caroline make to Jean Bauer about her accommodations?
(a) It smells funny.
(b) There are no books.
(c) It is too cold.
(d) There is too much noise.

6. When Caroline says, on page 84, "everything's different now," what is Father's response?
(a) "It's not for long."
(b) "It only seems different."
(c) "You'll get used to it."
(d) "Different isn't a bad thing."

7. Whom is Father quoting on page 86 when he says, "Better not to keep a house"?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Emmerson.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Whitman.

8. What public landmark can Caroline see from the lookout?
(a) St. John's Bridge.
(b) Nob Hill.
(c) The Chinatown Gate.
(d) Tilikum Crossing.

9. What job does Caroline have when Father is sleeping?
(a) To get everything ready for breakfast.
(b) To keep their fire going.
(c) To keep watch from the lookout.
(d) To wake him if he starts to snore.

10. What special effort does Mr. Walter make to make Caroline feel at home?
(a) He asks some neighbor children over to meet her.
(b) He helps her set up her own garden.
(c) He volunteers to take her to the library once a week.
(d) He tells her she can paint her room any color she likes.

11. Who is "Jerry"?
(a) A man who offers possibly illegal work to father.
(b) The man who runs the Mailboxes store where Father gets his check.
(c) One of the members of the Skeleton Family.
(d) That is what Father calls himself at the "meetings" he goes to in the city.

12. Why does Father think that it was his fault that they got caught?
(a) He should have taught Caroline to be more careful.
(b) They stayed in the last camp too long.
(c) He went to town too often that last week.
(d) They did not hide their house well enough.

13. When Caroline asks Father what animal he would be if he could, what is his response?
(a) A wild dog.
(b) A bird.
(c) A horse.
(d) A rat.

14. What kind of building is the Father and Caroline's new house?
(a) An equipment shed.
(b) A pole barn.
(c) A bunkhouse.
(d) A cattle shed.

15. What does Caroline think about the women who come to the farm to ride their horses?
(a) They are beautiful.
(b) They are nosy.
(c) They are snobs.
(d) They are wasteful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caroline get angry at Jean Bauer for when Jean talks about sticks leaping up and stones rolling uphill?

2. What books does Caroline have in their cave home?

3. What is the name of the boy that Caroline meets in the yard of his house?

4. Where does Caroline sleep in Part One?

5. When Caroline tells Father that she likes living at the farm, what does he tell her?

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