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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 is Adam doing when Hattie first meets him?
(a) Clenching his fists.
(b) Talking very fast.
(c) Drinking a soda.
(d) Hiding his face.

2. How does Adam spill ice on Hattie?
(a) When he drops the ice bucket.
(b) When he hands her a drink.
(c) When he is filling glasses.
(d) When he sticks his hand in his drink.

3. One morning, Hattie sees Adam walking down the street dressed only in ___________________.
(a) a shirt.
(b) pajama bottoms.
(c) swim trunks.
(d) socks.

4. Where does Hattie's paternal grandmother live?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) California.

5. What is Adam's favorite television show?
(a) I Love Lucy.
(b) Jeopardy.
(c) Sanford and Son.
(d) Batman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What social function does Nana suggest that Hattie attend?

2. Which character in the home movie refuses to look at the camera or smile?

3. Hattie notes that Nana sounds _________________ when Adam decides to visit with Hattie for awhile.

4. What is Hattie's first job of the morning?

5. What does Adam ask Hattie's friends, Nancy and Janet, when they walk by the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Hattie's first impressions of Adam?

2. Explain why Adam has a difficult time maintaining his composure during dinner.

3. Why is Hattie so immediately drawn to Adam?

4. Why does Hattie decide not to ask Nana to take her to the movies?

5. Hattie refuses to go with Betsy's family on their Maine vacations--what is more enjoyable for her during the Summers?

6. What is Hattie Owen doing as the story begins?

7. How long has it been since Adam has seen Hattie and how does he greet her?

8. What does Hattie mean when she says she hates her porch and what is Adam's perspective on her feelings?

9. What grandmotherly figures does Hattie have in her life?

10. What are the three rules of the Owen family's boardinghouse?

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