The Great Gilly Hopkins Chapters 1-2 Questions and Vocabulary

Galadriel Hopkins is:

• an 11 year old foster child who is brilliant and hard to manage

• Mrs. Trotter's real daughter

• Miss Ellis's niece

• Mr. Randolph's student

Miss Ellis is:

• Gilly's teacher from Hollywood Gardens

• Gilly's case worker (social worker)

• Gilly's long lost Aunt from California

• Gilly's new foster mother

Mamie Trotter says she has never met a child she couldn't make friends with.

• True

• False

William Earnest Teague is:

• Gilly's new foster brother

• the author of Gilly's favorite book

• Mrs. Trotter's next door neighbor

• a boy she new from her old school

Compared to the Nevin's house in Hollywood Gardens, Mrs. Trotter's house is:

• cleaner

• dirtier and smaller

• larger

Gilly likes how warm and friendly Mrs. Trotter is at first.

• True

• False

What two things does Trotter set Gilly straight on right from the start?

• her swearing and hurting W.E. in any way

• how late she can stay outside

• chores she is to do

• her homework

The man who comes to supper is:

• Gilly's case worker, Mr. Rudolph

• Mrs. Trotter's son who lives across the town

• The next door neighbor, Mr. Randolph

• The minister from Mrs. Trotter's church

At the end of chapter 2, Gilly promises herself she will:

• run away as soon as she has enough money

• write to her aunt to come and get her

• find her mother, Courtney Hopkins

• start a new life here in Thompson Park

To salvage something means to:

• neglect or do wrong

• to rescue or save something