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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 does Jesse say is the reason Miles and Winnie didn't catch any fish?
(a) They were using the wrong bait.
(b) Miles is out of practice.
(c) Miles doesn't know how to fish.
(d) There aren't any fish in the pond.

2. What is the constable doing when he discovers Winnie is in the cell instead of Mae?
(a) Bringing Mae's breakfast.
(b) Looking for Winnie.
(c) Opening the window.
(d) Making a check of the prisoners.

3. What does Winnie sit in back in her room at home?
(a) Her mother's lap.
(b) A small rocking chair.
(c) A swing in the back yard.
(d) Her father's chair.

4. What do Winnie's mother and grandmother do all day?
(a) Work on a quilt.
(b) Fan themselves and drink lemonade.
(c) Work in the garden.
(d) Cook dinner and can peaches.

5. Where does Mae make a bed for Winnie to sleep that night?
(a) In the loft.
(b) On a folding cot.
(c) On the sofa.
(d) On a chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winnie sleep in that night?

2. What does Winnie pour on the toad?

3. What does the stranger insist must be done to make the trade legal?

4. What does Winnie say to Tuck as she's being taken away?

5. What does Winnie say to her family that makes them understand the reason she acted as she did?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Winnie feel guilt over her plan to take Mae's place in jail?

2. What is revealed about the constable during his conversations with the stranger?

3. What does Miles say he wants to do with his life and why is that different from the attitudes of Jesse and Tuck?

4. What is the weather like on the day before Winnie is to take Mae's place in jail?

5. How has Winnie's attitude about the Tucks changed as she eats breakfast with them?

6. Why does it take a long time for Winnie to fall asleep?

7. What is the attitude of the Tuck family toward Winnie as they have breakfast?

8. What does the man say about the people who took Winnie and what does he insinuate about them?

9. What is the likely significance of the fact that all the lights are on in the Foster house when the stranger arrives?

10. What is the plan Jesse tells Winnie and what does she add to the plan?

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