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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gesture does Alice use the first time she tries to communicate with Julia?
(a) She crawls into Julia's lap and stares into her eyes.
(b) She waves at Julia.
(c) She points at Julia's ear.
(d) She thumps her hand on an object.

2. For how long had Cal worked for Ellie full-time at the police station?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 13 and a half years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 2 and a half years.

3. Who brings back a tray of food for Girl from the hospital cafeteria?
(a) Earl.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Max.
(d) Peanut.

4. What is the name of the local reporter who works for the Gazette?
(a) Mort.
(b) Marlon.
(c) Mike.
(d) Matt.

5. Julia considers herself to have grown up "in the shadow of" (50) which member of her family?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her younger sister.
(d) Her older sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Julia and Ellie's mother had confided in which character(s) about the deepest secrets of her marriage?

2. How many blocks in length is the town of Rain Valley?

3. The narrator states that Julia's return to Rain Valley is "only the second time she'd been back since" (54) what event?

4. Why do people in Rain Valley often go silent when Cal's wife Lisa is mentioned?

5. Both Ellie and Julia know "that the overwhelming number of child abductions" (94) are perpetrated in what way?

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