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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jeff and his mother stop at a house where two women are sitting, what are the women doing?
(a) Stuffing envelopes
(b) Painting
(c) Typing
(d) Cooking a soup

2. What does Jeff decide to make for himself for dinner in order to not upset the Professor?
(a) Cereal
(b) Spinach
(c) Hot dogs
(d) Macaroni and cheese

3. Jeff feels bad about the money that the Professor is paying for his __________ since he things it's been a waste.
(a) School
(b) Bedroom
(c) Guitar
(d) Guitar lessons

4. It seems to Jeff that the object flying across the island is saying ______________.
(a) Get out of here
(b) Just leave me alone
(c) Who the heck are you
(d) Why are you here

5. When Melody comes to pick Jeff up, he is overwhelmed by her _____________, warmth and cheerfulness.
(a) White hair
(b) Beauty
(c) Darkness
(d) Vanilla perfume

6. The Professor talks to Jeff about how ____________ and helpless Melody made him feel when they were together.
(a) Stupid
(b) Happy
(c) Scared
(d) Pitied

7. The Professor admits that Melody was often ___________ with him - first by his inability to first buy a big engagement ring and then buy a house.
(a) Happy
(b) Disappointed
(c) Angry
(d) Amused

8. What does Jeff realize he must do as night falls upon him at this island?
(a) Get better grades
(b) Cross back to the mainland
(c) Leave his father
(d) Tell his mother the truth

9. Melody introduces Jeff to the two women as the ________________ even though they did not know of him.
(a) Son she never wanted
(b) Son she is proud of
(c) Man that looks like his father
(d) Man in her life

10. Jeff decides he wants to be perfect in his _____________ for Melody.
(a) Gifts
(b) Devotion
(c) Emotions
(d) Love

11. Melody tells Jeff she is going out of town to take pictures at a ___________ with her boyfriend for a week.
(a) Folk festival
(b) County fair
(c) Rock concert
(d) New museum

12. Melody makes sure to say that she would never work for or be supported by ___________.
(a) A professor
(b) A man
(c) A Jew
(d) A white woman

13. Melody tells Jeff that Gambo has had ______________ and is very weak as a result.
(a) A stroke
(b) Surgery
(c) A broken back
(d) Cancer

14. Where does Jeff wait for Melody to come to get him for breakfast?
(a) On the steps
(b) In the hallway
(c) In the bathroom
(d) On his bed

15. While discussing the possibility of a trip to _____________, Jeff learns about the financial troubles Melody left.
(a) England
(b) Spain
(c) Germany
(d) Florida

Short Answer Questions

1. As Jeff was leaving the island, __________ did not watch him go.

2. What is the weather like when Jeff is sitting at the island before he leaves for his father's house?

3. When the Professor takes Jeff to ________________, Jeff fears he will walk off down the beach and not return.

4. What did Jeff bring back for Brother Thomas from Charleston when he visited his mother?

5. What does Jeff write to Melody after he arrives back in town from his trip with his mother?

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