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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the details of the marks left by Caroline's bike tires and her needing to push her bike the last half mile home emphasize?
(a) Her moral objection to cars.
(b) She still loves to ride a bike.
(c) She lives in an isolated spot.
(d) Her stubbornness.

2. What is a "wardhouse" as used in My Abandonment?
(a) The dormitory at a boarding school.
(b) A place where people vote.
(c) A place where local government meets.
(d) A religious gathering place.

3. How old does Caroline tell the woman on the bus she is?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

4. What kind of structure is Caroline living in in Part Eight?
(a) A motel.
(b) A cabin.
(c) A yurt.
(d) A converted barn.

5. What do Susan and Paul have for breakfast?
(a) Hot dogs.
(b) Toast.
(c) Tang.
(d) Water.

6. What body part is Caroline missing in Part Eight?
(a) A toe.
(b) A finger.
(c) Her eyebrows.
(d) Her appendix.

7. When Father and Caroline get off the bus, where does Father say they will go?
(a) To Sisters.
(b) To Eugene.
(c) To a nearby cave.
(d) To his friends' cabin.

8. What does Caroline try to hide from Father on the morning that they are with Susan and Paul?
(a) She has taken the Mammals book from the cabin.
(b) Her tears when he tells her to go outside.
(c) She has candy in her pack.
(d) Her sock is crusted with blood.

9. What does Caroline notice about Susan and Paul's jewlery?
(a) They are wearing a lot more jewelry than most people do.
(b) She remembers it from somewhere.
(c) It is more expensive than she would expect.
(d) It is made of copper.

10. Why does Caroline go to Pioneer Cemetery in Part Seven?
(a) To find a place to hide for the night.
(b) To say a prayer for Father.
(c) To see the family burial plot.
(d) To see her mother's grave.

11. In what city does Part Seven take place?
(a) Seattle, Washington.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Boise, Idaho.

12. In Part Five, where does Father tell the bus driver that he and Caroline are coming from?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Tacoma.
(d) Portland.

13. Why does Caroline stop to talk to the girls playing softball in Part Eight?
(a) She wants one of them to come and live with her.
(b) She is trying to make some friends.
(c) She is romantically interested in one of the fathers.
(d) She wishes that she had a childhood where she could have played softball.

14. In Part Seven, what does the reader learn is written on the scrap of paper hidden inside Randy?
(a) Caroline's parents' phone number.
(b) Caroline's parents' address.
(c) Caroline's real name.
(d) Della's name.

15. In Part Six, when Caroline goes inside to find Father hurt, what indication is there that he is not yet dead?
(a) He speaks to her.
(b) He tries to raise his hand.
(c) She can feel shallow breathing.
(d) He jerks and kicks his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alerts the girls in the bathroom that something is wrong with Caroline in Part Seven?

2. When Caroline and Father leave the grocery store in Part Six, what does Caroline suggest they do?

3. What is hanging on one wall of Caroline's home in Part Eight?

4. What does Caroline do to try to get her sister to recognize her in Part Seven?

5. What does Caroline want to tell her sister in Part Seven?

(see the answer keys)

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