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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 item in Caroline's new bedroom does she remember having when she was younger?
(a) A cream-colored rug.
(b) A poster of a brown horse.
(c) Blue sneakers with blue stripes.
(d) A lamp with a black plastic knob.

2. In what city do Father and Caroline live?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Sacramento, California.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

3. After Clarence tells Father that it was stupid to come back to the park, what does Father tell Caroline?
(a) That they are too smart for the police to catch again.
(b) That he never planned to stay in the park for more than a night.
(c) That he will leave the choice of what to do next up to Caroline.
(d) That they will go back to the farm soon.

4. What has Father started wearing taped on top of his hat?
(a) Pieces of his notebook.
(b) A piece of mirror.
(c) His dog tags.
(d) Clippings from Caroline's last haircut.

5. What surprises Caroline about her visit with the doctor?
(a) The doctor's concern about her eating habits.
(b) That the doctor does not want to see her run.
(c) How much she has grown.
(d) How kind the doctor is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the first place that Father and Caroline go when they leave the farm?

2. What does Caroline say about menstruation?

3. What public landmark can Caroline see from the lookout?

4. Where does Caroline sleep in Part One?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mr. Walters tells Father the work he wants him to do on Father's first day of work?

2. What is the symbolic significance of Caroline's and Father's watches?

3. What surprises the child welfare workers about Caroline's physical and mental condition?

4. Describe the place where Caroline and Father have been sleeping for a while by the end of Part Four.

5. When they return to the park, what does Father find in the hollow in the crook of the tree, and what do he and Caroline do with it?

6. When Caroline and Father are leaving the ATM, they run into a man who knows Father. What name does the man call Father, and where does he seem to know him from?

7. What pieces of information does Father give Caroline about her mother in Part One?

8. What do Father and Caroline find when they return to their house in Forest Park?

9. Why does Caroline leave her encyclopedias behind when she is taken into state custody?

10. When they get close to their cave home, how do Father and Caroline change the way they are walking, and why?

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