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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. Sammy tells Jeff that Sammy's mother was more than just one _______________.
(a) Diagnosis
(b) Bad thing
(c) Patient
(d) Mother

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

3. What does Jeff begin to do as a result of running away from his school work?
(a) Flunk classes
(b) Smoke pot
(c) Excel at school
(d) Dates a few girls

4. Who is sitting out on the lawn when Jeff arrives home, though he almost does not stop to talk to this person?
(a) Brother Thomas
(b) Miss Opal
(c) Dicey
(d) Melody

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Melody says that she merely wants a ______________ from Jeff before she leaves on a trip.

2. When Dicey's ______________ dies, Jeff understands and he knows to leave her alone.

3. Jeff learns that Dicey also cut teacher Chapelle down to size. Which subject does Chapelle teach?

4. When does Jeff sit outside the school and play guitar in order to work on some songs?

5. Jeff feels that if he didn't keep all of his emotions hidden away, he would fall apart into ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jeff begin to ride the roller coasters after returning home to his father's house?

2. What is the achievement Jeff learns he and Dicey both share?

3. What had Melody told Jeff she would have done if he was a girl instead of a boy?

4. When Jeff is asked to write an essay about a real character for his English class, who does he write about?

5. What does the girl that stops to listen to Jeff do when she comes back to visit a second time?

6. Why does Jeff suddenly feel that his life is rich at the start of this chapter?

7. Who is waiting for Jeff when he returns from his visit with Melody?

8. Why does Jeff decide to stay instead of running away from Melody as she sits on the lawn?

9. Why do Brother Thomas and the Professor show up at the amusement park to see Jeff?

10. What does Jeff begin to realize the principal at his school and Melody did when he receives all As?

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