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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. From where are the mother and son in the back room?
(a) Melrose.
(b) Corkshire.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) London.
2. Who comes up to the girls in the pasture.
(a) Mr. Harris.
(b) Ripley.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Gran.
3. What does Nyla decide she can do to help Ezra?
(a) Sing to him.
(b) Read to him.
(c) Draw pictures of her dog.
(d) Play checkers with him.
4. How does Mrs. Trent disappoint her parents?
(a) By converting to Roman Catholicism.
(b) By moving away from Israel.
(c) By marrying outside the faith.
(d) By marrying too young.
5. What does Nyle decide to add to the farm?
(a) A horse to replace the pony Mr. Harris bought for Muncie.
(b) A new feeding trough.
(c) A guard dog.
(d) A new ram.
Short Answer Questions
1. What surprises Nyle when she goes to give Ezra a lesson on sheep farming?
2. Where do the girls gather loose wool?
3. What does Nyla notice about Ezra when she enters his room?
4. What is Ezra doing when Nyla comes into his room?
5. What does Ezra ask that Nyla does not know?
Short Essay Questions
1. Would you have responded the same way as Nyle when Muncie asks her what is going on at Nyle's house?
2. How does the emotion of anger appear in this chapter?
3. What are the girls studying in their English class that is a major theme of this book?
4. How does Mr. Sobel get Nyle thinking about radiation poisoning and why is the topic particularly applicable?
5. Describe Nyle and Muncie's encounter with Ripley and what you think the encounter may foreshadow.
6. Mrs. Trent reveals that she disappoints her parents by marrying out of the faith and that she is paying the price now. Do you think this is true?
7. What is the first sign of hope that Ezra shows?
8. What is evidence of Ezra's continue improvement?
9. What does Mrs. Haskins assign her students to do and do you think this is mixing education with politics?
10. How do you think the theme of determination plays out in this chapter?
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