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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 was Mia doing when her dad caught her singing a song he wrote?
(a) Vacuuming the living room.
(b) Making breakfast.
(c) Serenading Teddy.
(d) Taking a shower.

2. Who is the cello player that Kim points out to Mia in the Nirvana song "Something in the Way"?
(a) Brooke Vega.
(b) Lori Goldston.
(c) Pamela Stuart.
(d) Melanie Farrow.

3. What does Gran say Heather has decided to be when she visits Mia?
(a) A librarian.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A banker.
(d) A baker.

4. What did Mia and Adam encounter in Seattle at the train station that made him cry?
(a) A woman beating her son who had Down syndrome.
(b) A man throwing a cat into a dumpser.
(c) A man beating his quadriplegic son.
(d) An elderly lady run over by a school bus.

5. What is the name of the summer music camp that Kim suggested Mia go to?
(a) Tomar Ram Conservatory.
(b) Mason Gross Conservatory.
(c) Adam Goldstein Conservatory.
(d) Franklin Valley Conservatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the musical summer camp located that Kim suggested Mia attend?

2. Where was Elizabeth accepted to study after high school?

3. From what illness did Mia's trombonist friend from band camp die?

4. What game did Mia's father first ask her to play with him after he discovered her singing his song?

5. What color eyes does Mia describe her father having?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting of Franklin Valley Conservatory described?

2. What questions does Mia ask herself while sitting in the corner of the ICU after her body has been rushed off to surgery at 10:40 p.m.?

3. Who is Mr. Dunlap and what is his role in the novel?

4. Why did Mia once have an emotional fight with Adam about Kim?

5. Why does Adam's plan to see Mia fail?

6. Where does Mia go to search for Teddy at 10:40 p.m.? Why?

7. How does Mia respond to Gran's visit in the ICU after her second surgical procedure?

8. Why did Henry and Mia's father have a huge falling out when Teddy was born?

9. How is Great-Aunt Glo's funeral described?

10. How would you compare Mia with her mother?

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