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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vicky tell her parents she is at the marine lab?
(a) Helping John with a starfish project.
(b) Helping John with a seahorse breeding program.
(c) Cleaning up the lab areas.
(d) Helping Adam with a dolphin project.

3. Whose gifts are not as obvious as Suzy's gifts?
(a) John.
(b) Vicky.
(c) Zachary.
(d) Adam.

4. What has Adam asked of John?
(a) Permission to ask Vicky out.
(b) To take over for Adam for the afternoon.
(c) A commitment to stay another year at the lab.
(d) A reference.

5. How did Vicky once perceive Leo?
(a) As a jerk.
(b) As an intellectual.
(c) As a nerd.
(d) As a slob.

6. What does Vicky write and show her grandfather?
(a) A one-act play.
(b) A story about a lost young man.
(c) A rondel.
(d) An epic poem.

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

8. Why does Vicky's family not appreciate Zachary?
(a) He is very sloppy.
(b) He does not contact Vicky during the school year.
(c) He is a smart aleck.
(d) He never calls before showing up.

9. What does Rob tell Vicky about their grandfather?
(a) Rob says he and their grandfather were talking about death.
(b) That their grandfather believes in angels.
(c) That their grandfather is moving.
(d) That their grandfather has a puppy for them.

10. What does Vicky realize about Leo?
(a) They have lots in common.
(b) They could never be friends.
(c) They have nothing in common.
(d) They could be friends.

11. What is Leo's mother planning to return to doing?
(a) Administrative work.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Interior design.
(d) Teaching.

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

13. Where are the swallows nesting that Vicky checks on?
(a) Above the front door.
(b) Under the dock.
(c) In the boat house.
(d) In the eaves of the barn.

14. What did Vicky's grandfather's house used to be?
(a) A stable.
(b) A blacksmith shop.
(c) A church.
(d) A bait and tackle shop.

15. What does the family do during breakfast?
(a) Sing.
(b) Pray.
(c) Play a guessing game.
(d) Read the newspaper and talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vicky conclude when she compares Zachary to Leo?

2. Who is Leo?

3. To what does Vicky finally fall asleep?

4. What is Adam doing on the beach when Vicky swims to shore?

5. Where does Vicky sleep?

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