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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Julia decides in the middle of the night to begin writing a book, she ends up "surrounded by balled-up yellow wads of paper," (46) all of which say only which two words?
(a) "Why her?" (46)
(b) "I'm sorry" (46).
(c) "Please don't" (46).
(d) "Forgive me" (46).

2. What instrument had Ellie's father played?
(a) The guitar.
(b) The piano.
(c) The drums.
(d) The fiddle.

3. Julia recalls that at her mother's funeral, which character had "taken care of everything and everyone" (94)?
(a) Julia.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Cal.
(d) Peanut.

4. What action does Alice take once she can reach her entire arm out the window in her new room?
(a) She howls.
(b) She faints.
(c) She smiles.
(d) She laughs.

5. What is the only detail Ellie shares with Julia about the situation for which she needs help?
(a) The case involves abandonment.
(b) The case involves elective mutism.
(c) The case involves a child.
(d) The case involves paranoid schizophrenia.

6. Who radios Ellie to tell her to come to Chief Sealth City Park once she reaches Magnolia Street and sees nothing?
(a) Peanut.
(b) Earl.
(c) Dave.
(d) Cal.

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

8. Julia tells Ellie that she wants to turn one corner of Alice's room into a what?
(a) An aquarium.
(b) A forest.
(c) A sharing spot.
(d) A sanctuary.

9. What action does Alice take the first time she sees herself in a mirror?
(a) She hides under the bed.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She punches the mirror.
(d) She cries out for Julia.

10. The narrator states that for Julia, everything "in the past year, every thought and deed, led her back to" (51) what emotion?
(a) Hope.
(b) Regret.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sorrow.

11. In what way are Julia and Ellie related?
(a) They are sisters.
(b) Julia is Ellie's aunt.
(c) They are second cousins.
(d) They are first cousins.

12. When Ellie picks Julia up from the airport, she tells Julia that Peanut's children are now how old?
(a) 12 and 13.
(b) 8 and 13.
(c) 9 and 15.
(d) 14 and 16.

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

14. Ellie says that until the arrival of Girl, her most difficult policing job involved what activity?
(a) Taking car keys from people at the local bar.
(b) Hosting the annual fundraiser.
(c) Lecturing perpetrators of domestic violence.
(d) Writing speeding tickets.

15. Julia fills one area of Alice's bedroom with how many potted plants?
(a) 5.
(b) About a score.
(c) About a dozen.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Max judge Girl to be after examining her?

2. There are seats for how many reporters at the first press conference about Girl?

3. How many reporters are said to be "huddled on the courthouse steps" (3) as Julia approaches the side entrance?

4. The first room in which Girl is placed had previously served as what kind of facility?

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

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