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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. Which relative of Ellie's had been the police chief in Rain Valley for three decades?
(a) Her Aunt Gertrude.
(b) Her cousin Henry.
(c) Her Uncle Joe.
(d) Her father Henry.

2. What entire novel does Julia read to Alice in Chapter 10?
(a) The Secret Garden.
(b) Tarzan.
(c) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(d) Anne of Green Gables.

3. 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.

4. Which character does Julia name as having taught her that she should avoid men who play games?
(a) Philip.
(b) Cal.
(c) Max.
(d) Steven.

5. What vow does Julia make to Girl on the night she researches the subject of feral children?
(a) Not to let anyone hurt her again.
(b) Not to give up until she finds her parents.
(c) To keep working with her until she says her own name.
(d) Not to allow the media to exploit her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lisa?

2. In what field had Julia's last boyfriend Philip been employed?

3. What main emotion does the leader of the press conference feel just before the event?

4. About how old does Ellie judge Girl to be when she spies her in the top of a tree in Chief Sealth City Park?

5. In what way are Julia and Ellie related?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the theme of hope enter the narrative in relation to Julia's position as a psychiatrist?

2. How does the motif of dreams enter the narrative in Chapter 8?

3. Provide an example of Julia feeling rejected by her father in her youth.

4. What does Julia mean when she tells Max that Girl is "just like a cat" (81)?

5. How is the theme of isolation linked to a particular character within the narrative?

6. Name one theme depicted within the epigraph of Magic Hour.

7. What is elective mutism?

8. What is the goal of the press conference held in Pine Valley in Chapter 6?

9. How does Ellie feel about hosting the press conference in Rain Valley?

10. From whose perspective is the novel narrated when Chapter 1 opens?

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