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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. Ellie recalls which of her family members praising her singing voice?
(a) Her maternal aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

2. About how old does Ellie judge Girl to be when she spies her in the top of a tree in Chief Sealth City Park?
(a) 4 or 5.
(b) 10 or 11.
(c) 6 or 7.
(d) 8 or 9.

3. What breed are Ellie's two ill-behaved dogs?
(a) Labradoodles.
(b) Mastiffs.
(c) Golden retrievers.
(d) Rottweilers.

4. What does Ellie threaten to do to the local reporter if he publishes anything about Julia?
(a) Arrest him.
(b) Get him fired.
(c) Give him a parking ticket.
(d) Tell his wife.

5. Julia tells Ellie that the first thing she needs to acquire in order to help Girl is what?
(a) A set of restraints.
(b) A place to work with her.
(c) A respite from the media.
(d) A court order.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what type of meeting did Julia's former patient Amber open fire with an automatic weapon?

2. Which organization grants Julia the status of being Alice's temporary foster parent?

3. Who leads the first press conference in an attempt to discover Girl's identity?

4. What is the legal first name of Ellie's best female friend who goes by the nickname Peanut?

5. Which character is sent by Ellie to the diner to fetch a hot meal that may lure Girl out of the maple tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Julia consider her mother to have been her closest ally in the family?

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

3. Name two things the media is said to have ignored about Julia's situation.

4. In what way does Hannah connect the theme of secrecy to the nature of small towns?

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

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

7. Who are Cal and Peanut?

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

9. What shift in narration occurs between Chapters 1 and 2?

10. What is elective mutism?

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