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

2. What kind of structure do Caroline and Father eventually find when they are lost in the mountains?
(a) A cattle barn.
(b) A cabin.
(c) An abandoned house.
(d) A yurt.

3. What does Caroline buy at the mall in Part Seven?
(a) New shoes.
(b) Fabric.
(c) Perfume.
(d) A notebook.

4. Who are the people that Caroline encounters when she is on her way down the mountain in Part Six?
(a) Rangers responding to a report of a forest fire.
(b) Hunters looking for deer.
(c) Vacationers headed for Sisters.
(d) Teenagers having a party.

5. In Father's camp, what made the scratches on the metal pipe?
(a) The stones where the stove sat.
(b) The concrete blocks on the floor.
(c) Father's bracelets.
(d) Handcuffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Caroline tell the woman on the bus she is?

2. In Part Eight, Caroline gets her GED. Which is the best description of what this is?

3. Which animals does Caroline say are her favorites?

4. Why do Father and Caroline not stretch a tarp over the hot spring to trap its heat around them?

5. What kind of structure is Caroline living in in Part Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What features of Paul's does Caroline notice and find unusual?

2. What happens when Father tries to hop a train, and what does Caroline learn from the event?

3. What is ironic about the feeling Caroline shares about grocery shopping in the beginning of Part Six?

4. How does Caroline support herself in Part Eight?

5. What natural feature do Caroline and Father stumble across, and how does it save them?

6. What are the mixed feelings that Caroline has as she looks at her old house?

7. When they are on the bus, what important message does Caroline try to tell Father, and how does he react?

8. In what sense are Susan and Father similar?

9. What does Father tell Caroline about traveling south, and what actually happens when they go south?

10. When Caroline leaves her old house, where does she go next, and why?

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