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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of people does Father say they do not want to meet at the railyard?
(a) Police.
(b) Hoboes.
(c) Guards.
(d) Passengers.

3. Why is Caroline confused on her walk to her old house?
(a) There is a blizzard.
(b) She is exhausted.
(c) She has not eaten.
(d) The city has changed a lot.

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

5. Why does Caroline not buy new shoes in Part Seven?
(a) She cannot find a shoe store.
(b) Father bought her the sneakers she is wearing.
(c) She does not realize she needs them until she is outside of town again.
(d) She is trying to save money.

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

7. What does Caroline say in Part Seven that all of her problems come from?
(a) Believing things that are not true.
(b) Father.
(c) People trying to make her live like someone she is not.
(d) Modern civilization.

8. On page 159, when Father tells Caroline that they need to find a place to stay for a little while, what does Caroline say?
(a) "Will we be together?"
(b) "Maybe it will be for a long time."
(c) "Inside or outside?"
(d) "Anywhere warm."

9. What do Caroline and Paul do outside while Father and Susan talk?
(a) Have a snowball fight.
(b) Make an igloo.
(c) Sled.
(d) Explore.

10. 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 find a place to hide for the night.
(d) To say a prayer for Father.

11. On page 146, what does Father say when Caroline says that she is cold?
(a) "It will be better soon."
(b) "I'm sorry."
(c) "You're tougher than that."
(d) "No you're not."

12. What does Susan warn Father not to trip over as he and Caroline come inside?
(a) Books.
(b) Garbage bags.
(c) A pile of wood.
(d) Wires.

13. What is the woman who sits next to Caroline on the bus eating?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Antacids.
(c) Candy.
(d) Lozenges.

14. On page 151, what does Caroline say looks like "porcupine quills" around Father's mouth?
(a) The bristles where his beard is getting long.
(b) His cracked and frostbitten skin.
(c) His fingers where he is cradling his chin.
(d) The frozen water in his beard.

15. Who is Mr. Hoffman?
(a) The owner of Bronco Billy's restaurant.
(b) The father of one of the girls Caroline speaks to at the softball field.
(c) One of Caroline's teachers at the community college.
(d) The owner of the property where Caroline lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of structure do Caroline and Father eventually find when they are lost in the mountains?

2. In Part Seven, what does the reader learn is written on the scrap of paper hidden inside Randy?

3. What street did Caroline live on with her family?

4. On page 199, what criticism does Caroline make of her family?

5. In what city does Part Seven take place?

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