View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeff decide to give to Miss Opal from his inheritance?
(a) The estate
(b) Stocks
(c) The ring
(d) A book

2. What does the girl do when she returns a week later after running away from Jeff and his guitar?
(a) She hugs him
(b) Sings along with him
(c) Kisses him
(d) Brings him a book

3. The Professor reveals that Melody's ______________ hurt him repeatedly.
(a) Lies
(b) Debts
(c) Lovers
(d) Disappearances

4. Jeff thinks the Tillermans worry not about _____________, but about living right for each other, together.
(a) Peace
(b) Happiness
(c) Truth
(d) Perfection

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jeff surprised to find on his report card, though his father is not?

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

3. What is the name of Dicey's brother, who Jeff meets when he is spending more time with Dicey?

4. ___________ doesn't tell anyone how he feels as he doesn't think he deserves comfort or sympathy.

5. Jeff has emotionally gone inside of himself, to a small ______ where he locked the memories of his day and night spent on the beach.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jeff begin to do in order to see Dicey more often, meeting her brother at the same time?

3. What does Jeff do for the Tillermans, though he has gone out of his way to avoid them after Melody's visit?

4. Ten days before school lets out, what does Jeff see when he reaches his house?

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

6. What does Jeff realize about Dicey when Dicey's mother dies?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 611 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample