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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. Who is on the small raft that gets snagged in a clump of reeds in the cove of the lake?
(a) Frank.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Gnarles.
(d) Burl.

2. What kind of skull does Evie and her friends find in Chapter 1?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A skunk.
(c) An owl.
(d) A dinosaur, or maybe a porpoise.

3. What do the teenagers call the weed that James offers them?
(a) The God.
(b) The Solution.
(c) The Oracle.
(d) The Answer.

4. Who does Evie kiss during a game the teenagers play?
(a) David.
(b) Terry.
(c) Juicy.
(d) Low.

5. Where do Evie and Jack live when they are not renting the great house?
(a) Inwood.
(b) Greenpoint.
(c) Brentwood.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Evie finally find Jack as the storm preparations are happening?

2. Where are James and his friends going after they leave the delta?

3. Who is Terry's mother?

4. How does Alycia make it back to the great house?

5. What had been added to the treehouses by previous visitors to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the "magic hour" and how do the teenagers use it?

2. Why does Shel handcuff himself to the treehouse?

3. Why are the parents in panic mode in Chapter 3?

4. Who do the teenagers meet when they take off for the island for a few days?

5. What do the parents spend most of their time doing in Part I?

6. Why is Evie so alarmed to see what Kay does to Amy in Chapter 3?

7. How does Evie feel about her younger brother Jack?

8. What does Evie wrestle with telling Jack in Part I?

9. What impresses, grudgingly, Evie about Alycia in Part I?

10. Why is Evie surprised one of the mothers at the house gave Jack a Bible?

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