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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is waiting for Jeff when he returns to the Baltimore airport this time?
(a) Melody
(b) Brother Thomas
(c) The Professor
(d) No one

2. Who called the Professor and told him about Jeff's performance in school, though Jeff had tried to hide it?
(a) Melody
(b) Brother Thomas
(c) The principal
(d) No one, the Professor knew

3. James tells Jeff that Dicey knows how to __________ and did it frequently on their trip after their mother was put in the hospital.
(a) Run away
(b) Be angry
(c) Cry
(d) Lie

4. When Dicey's ______________ dies, Jeff understands and he knows to leave her alone.
(a) Mother
(b) Brother
(c) Father
(d) Sister

5. What did Jeff do in Charleston on his last day so that no one else could have it?
(a) Hid his diary
(b) Sank the boat
(c) Burn the house
(d) Broke his guitar

6. Jeff finds the girl's ____________ appealing and he likes the way she is helpless to the music.
(a) Determination
(b) Voice
(c) Beauty
(d) Intelligence

7. When the Professor goes to Baltimore, who does he stay with on these nights?
(a) Melody
(b) Maxine
(c) Brother Thomas
(d) Gambo

8. The lawyer is surprised by the Professor, who ______________ had led to believe was difficult and bitter.
(a) Jeff
(b) Miss Opal
(c) Gambo
(d) Melody

9. Jeff decides to talk to Melody as he believes that she is his ______________.
(a) Mother
(b) Responsibility
(c) Mission
(d) Only hope

10. What is NOT one of the things Jeff does to protect the emotions he is feeling about Melody?
(a) Stops talking to the Professor
(b) Stops playing guitar
(c) Stops participating in school
(d) Stops loving Melody

11. As the spring comes, Jeff prepares the _____________ and begins to see the herons again.
(a) Car
(b) Suitcase
(c) Boat
(d) Guitar

12. Who does Jeff write about for the essay in his English class, though his teacher mocks him?
(a) John Adams
(b) John C. Calhoun
(c) The Professor
(d) Melody

13. Jeff feels sorry for Melody who never knew what the real ____________ were, according to him.
(a) Treasures
(b) Herons
(c) Prizes
(d) Pictures

14. Melody says that she couldn't be happy knowing about the situation in ___________ and doing nothing.
(a) The Professor's life
(b) Columbia
(c) Max's life
(d) His heart

15. The lawyer that is coming to visit the Professor and Jeff is the lawyer of ______________.
(a) Miss Opal
(b) Gambo
(c) Max
(d) Melody

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jeff see riding his bike during the icy rain, so he picks him up in his car?

2. What does Jeff decide to give to Miss Opal from his inheritance?

3. What is Jeff on again during his sophomore year of high school, though he would never have thought it to be the case?

4. When Dicey becomes angry with Jeff, he begins to feel the same way he felt when ____________ was angry with him.

5. Jeff thinks the Tillermans worry not about _____________, but about living right for each other, together.

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