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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fact does the reader learn about Caroline toward the end of Part Six?
(a) She is originally from California.
(b) She is actually closer to seventeen than thirteen.
(c) She has a younger sister and brother.
(d) Her name is not actually "Caroline."

2. When she finds Father injured, why does Caroline have a hard time moving him?
(a) He is struggling against her.
(b) He is too heavy.
(c) There is a heavy shelf on top of him.
(d) He is still in contact with a live wire.

3. As Caroline heads away with Father in the sled, what does she start to have second thoughts about?
(a) Whether taking him into town is a good idea.
(b) Whether Susan is responsible for what happened to Father.
(c) Whether she can make it to town on her own.
(d) Whether Father really is alive.

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

5. What is hanging on one wall of Caroline's home in Part Eight?
(a) A photograph of Della.
(b) Pictures from the Mammals book.
(c) The blue fabric with birds on it.
(d) A map of Forest Park.

6. What does Caroline fear might be true about her sister, in Part Seven?
(a) That she will refuse to accept Caroline's identity.
(b) That she is not her biological sister.
(c) That she will be angry at Caroline.
(d) That she was happy when Caroline left.

7. When they get into the water of the hot spring, what warning does Father give Caroline about the water?
(a) Not to get her head wet.
(b) To move her head where she will breathe less of its gasses.
(c) Not to let it get in her ears.
(d) To get out if she feels sleepy.

8. When Father and Caroline get off the bus, what reason does he give for it being colder than it was in Portland?
(a) They are at a higher altitude.
(b) They have actually gone north.
(c) They are farther inland.
(d) They are out in the open.

9. What do Caroline and Father eat during the night they spend at the hot spring?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Almonds.
(c) Apricots.
(d) Sandwiches.

10. What is Caroline reading in Part Seven that she needs the dictionary for?
(a) Walden, by Henry David Thoreau.
(b) The Mammals book.
(c) Father's notebook.
(d) "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

11. Where is Caroline working, in Part Eight?
(a) The library.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) The high school.

12. Where does Caroline dispose of Father's body?
(a) In a brush shelter.
(b) In a cave.
(c) On a lookout that she builds.
(d) In a crevasse.

13. What town do Father and Caroline come into when they are out of the mountains?
(a) Eugene, Oregon.
(b) Sisters, Oregon.
(c) Vancouver, British Columbia.
(d) Bend, Oregon.

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

15. What can the reader infer from the way that Susan calls for Paul when he and Caroline are outside?
(a) Paul has a habit of wandering away.
(b) Paul is probably not his real name.
(c) Susan is frightened of him.
(d) Susan is probably mentally ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Caroline stop to talk to the girls playing softball in Part Eight?

2. What new way is Father trying to disguise himself at the beginning of Part Five?

3. What does Caroline think she sees at the side of the road when she turns her head to keep the snow out of her eyes?

4. Who is Mr. Hoffman?

5. On page 159, when Father tells Caroline that they need to find a place to stay for a little while, what does Caroline say?

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