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Up a Road Slowly | Quiz

Irene Hunt
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Up a Road Slowly | Quiz

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1)

Who does Julie rebuff with hostility? (from Chapter 4)

Laura.
Haskell.
Aunt Cordelia.
Aggie.
2)

What is Julie's first reaction to Aunt Cordelia's suggestion? (from Chapter 11)

Confusion.
Fear.
Excitement.
Sadness.
3)

Who is moving to town? (from Chapter 5)

Jonathan Eltwing and his wife.
Julie's father and his new wife.
Laura and her husband.
Chris and his new wife.
4)

About what does Julie talk to Uncle Haskell? (from Chapter 4)

Not wanting to leave him and Aunt Cordelia.
What happens to people when they die.
About the different religious beliefs.
The way she had treated Aggie when she was alive.
5)

What enlivens Mrs. Eltwing? (from Chapter 5)

Nothing.
Julie's drawings.
Playing the piano.
Dessert.
6)

What does Laura's former bedroom overlook? (from Chapter 6)

The railroad tracks.
A garden.
Main street.
The Hurley woods.
7)

What does Aunt Cordelia suggest? (from Chapter 11)

Wait a year after high school to go to college.
To get married instead of going to college.
Not to go to college, but rather to a vo-tech school.
To attend the state university to experience some of the world.
8)

What does Jonathan do one night after dinner? (from Chapter 11)

Gives a reading of his newly-published book.
Prepares his famous pumpkin pie.
Lingers to play and sing at the piano.
Washes all the dishes.
9)

What does Julie assume Aunt Cordelia feels? (from Chapter 6)

Excitement about having Julie for the summer months at least.
Sadness about Jonathan.
Sadness at the prospect of Julie leaving.
Happy that she will soon no longer be burdened with raising Julie.
10)

What relationship is Jonathan Eltwing to Aunt Cordelia? (from Chapter 5)

Aunt Cordielia has not yet met Eltwing.
They were on opposing debate teams during their high school years.
Aunt Cordelia helps him to study for his college entrance exams.
They are second cousins.
11)

Who picks up Julie on her way home from school? (from Chapter 8)

Uncle Haskell.
Chris.
Brett.
Danny.
12)

What makes Julie start thinking of staying with Aunt Cordelia? (from Chapter 6)

Because Laura's room is no longer available.
Because Julie will miss her friends too much.
Because Aunt Cordelia seems so sad.
Because Uncle Haskell seems so sad.
13)

What does Jonathan tell his wife? (from Chapter 5)

That he is planning to start farming again.
That Cordelia is the one who helps him get into college.
That Jonathan wants a divorce.
That Cordelia was married to his best friend, who is now deceased.
14)

Who discovers they are in love? (from Chapter 9)

Julie and Danny.
Cordelia and Matthew.
Danny and Eden.
Brett and Julie.
15)

What does Uncle Haskell tell Julie? (from Chapter 4)

That he and Aunt Cordelia want her to stay.
That people all go to heaven; there is no hell.
That all religions lead to the same place.
Aggie has been saved future embarrassments and hard times through a merciful death.
16)

How does Julie's luck change with the guys? (from Chapter 8)

She meets a boy named Brett Kingsman who enrolls in school when his father is transferred to town.
She becomes a cheerleader.
Her brother Chris starts attending the high school and introduces her to guys.
The proverbial "boy next door" comes home from boarding school.
17)

About whom are rumors being said? (from Chapter 9)

Brett and Carlotta.
Carolota and Brandon.
Carlota and Jimmy.
Brett and Aimlee.
18)

What amazes Jonathan about Katy and Haskell? (from Chapter 7)

That Haskell does not drink around Katy.
That Katy has a calming influence on Haskell.
That Katy normally does not allow anyone but Jonathan near her or to help her.
That they look so much alike.
19)

Where does Uncle Haskell prefer to be instead in with the noisy family? (from Chapter 10)

The quiet of the church.
The quiet of the woods.
The quiet of the carriage house.
Anyway but in the house.
20)

Who helps clean the house for the influx of people attending Julie's graduation? (from Chapter 11)

Julie and Laura.
Julie, Chris and Danny and sometimes Jonathan.
Chris and Danny and Jonathan.
Mrs. Phelps.
21)

What does Julie hear people whispering? (from Chapter 6)

That Uncle Haskell is in trouble with the law.
That Julie's father is moving to the farm.
That Aunt Cordelia is seeing Jonathan.
That Julie is too much for Aunt Cordelia to handle.
22)

What does Haskell do for Katy's funeral instead of attending the service? (from Chapter 7)

Gets drunk.
Plays two songs over and over on the piano.
Stays in bed.
Reads poetry in the words.
23)

How does Julie help Alicia? (from Chapter 6)

In teaching her how to grow vegetables.
In babysitting Alicia's two small children.
In some of the redecorating of the house.
By shopping with her and carrying the packages.
24)

Why are all the girls envious? (from Chapter 8)

That her dad introduces Julie to college boys.
That Chris is her brother.
When Brett selects Julie for his girlfriend.
That Julie is so beautiful.
25)

When does Aggie die? (from Chapter 4)

The morning after Julie visits her.
It takes her another week to die.
She miraculously recovers.
She nevers gets fully well but lives another couple years.
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