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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Rodney say she can do for Grandfather?
(a) Administer transfusions.
(b) Show him how to care for his blood catheter.
(c) Give him injections for pain.
(d) Give him bed baths.

2. What do her parents tel Vicky they appreciate?
(a) Her giving up her job to help them.
(b) The poetry and plays she writes.
(c) That she looks out for her younger sister.
(d) The way she is always willing to cook and clean up.

3. What does Vicky's father ask her not to do this summer?
(a) See Jeremy.
(b) Follow her older brother around.
(c) Work.
(d) Hang out with her friends a lot.

4. What event is Vicky attending in Chapter 1?
(a) A baptism.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A christening.
(d) A funeral.

5. Why is Vicki's grandfather officiating?
(a) The regular minister is on vacation.
(b) He knows the child being baptized.
(c) His granddaughter is the one getting married.
(d) His best friend is the one who dies.

6. What does Vicky's grandfather say is the price of some people's resurrection?
(a) 30 pieces of silver.
(b) The cost of a cryogenic freeze.
(c) Their faith.
(d) Their souls.

7. Why do Vicky's parents call the Coast Guard?
(a) To find a missing boater.
(b) To report a small oil spill.
(c) To help remove a beached whale.
(d) To take Grandfather to the mainland.

8. Of whom is Vicky a little jealous?
(a) No one.
(b) Leo.
(c) John.
(d) Suzy.

9. Where does Zachary invite Vicky?
(a) To a movie.
(b) To a polo match.
(c) To the country club.
(d) To the skating rink.

10. What book does Vicky's grandfather bring out to help settle an argument?
(a) Messengers of God.
(b) The Little Prince.
(c) The Prophet.
(d) The Rubaiyat.

11. What does Vicky not like doing at the marine lab?
(a) Watching a dissection of a sea horse.
(b) Getting into the frigid water tank.
(c) Holding the fish when she feeds the dolphin.
(d) Holding the star fish.

12. What has Rob been doing when Vicky finds him?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Crying.

13. Who is Commander Rodney?
(a) A family friend of Vicky's family.
(b) Vicky's father.
(c) Vicky's great-uncle.
(d) Vicky's grandfather.

14. To what group does Zachary's family belong?
(a) The Iluminati.
(b) The Reformists.
(c) The Mensa.
(d) The Immortalists.

15. To what does Vicky finally fall asleep?
(a) The sound of the dryer going.
(b) The sound of her mother singing.
(c) The sound of a soft rain.
(d) The sound of loons calling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vicky do that Zachary does not?

2. What worries Vicky and her siblings about the swallows?

3. What creature catches Vicky's eye while her grandfather is officiating?

4. How did Vicky once perceive Leo?

5. What does Vicky tell her parents she is at the marine lab?

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