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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 does Hollis see move on the opposite bank of the river?
(a) A deer.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A person.
(d) A bear.

2. Hollis remembers that Steven once said that in modern times Santa Claus would come _________________ instead of a sleigh.
(a) on a motorcycle.
(b) in a limousine.
(c) in a Hummer.
(d) on a snowmobile.

3. What does Steven ask Hollis if she will do with him next Summer?
(a) Go fishing with him.
(b) Teach him to water ski.
(c) Climb the mountain.
(d) Fix the old truck.

4. What does Hollis think about the Regans one morning?
(a) If they think of her like she thinks of them.
(b) If they are in Hawaii for Christmas.
(c) If they will punish her for staying in the Summer house.
(d) If they forgive her for starting that fire.

5. What had Steven been bringing to the Summer house?
(a) Candles.
(b) Logs.
(c) Food.
(d) Blankets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josie give to Hollis for Christmas?

2. What does Hollis want to announce from the top of the mountain?

3. Hollis wonders what the Old Man would think about ________________________.

4. What color is the sweater that Hollis hides with the fishing pole?

5. What is written on the cake shown in Hollis' drawing, Izzy's Cake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clues does Hollis have that Steven is playing Santa Claus for her and Josie in the summer house?

2. Describe how Hollis quickly prepares for her escape trip with Josie.

3. What does Steven do and say to show that he loves Hollis as a sister when they spend some time on the mountain?

4. Why does Hollis not ask Josie about the green sweater now hanging in the shed but which Hollis had left at the riverbank the day she saw someone on the opposite bank?

5. Describe Hollis' Twelfth Picture, A Mountain of Trouble, depicting the events of the truck accident on the mountain.

6. What startles Hollis when she tries to fish on the riverbank?

7. What touching scene does Hollis create in her Ninth Picture, Izzy's Cake?

8. How does Hollis show that she truly has Josie's best interests in mind?

9. Why does Hollis not want to think about leaving the summer house even though Josie's mental capacities are shrinking and she is homesick?

10. What is Steven's response when Hollis tells him the reason why she did not want to go back to the Regans' house?

(see the answer keys)

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