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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what month does Melody decide to finally leave the Professor and Jeff?
(a) May
(b) February
(c) January
(d) March

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

3. When Jeff isn't home when Melody comes home for a bit, how does she feel toward him?
(a) Worried
(b) Sad
(c) Angry
(d) Happy

4. What did Jeff use in order to get back to the mainland?
(a) Powerboat
(b) His arms and legs to swim
(c) A surfboard
(d) Rowboat

5. Who pays for the lunch that Melody and Jeff share in a nice restaurant in town?
(a) Melody
(b) A stranger
(c) Gambo
(d) Jeff

6. Jeff becomes talented at reading the Professor's ____________ and figuring out what he might want.
(a) Expressions
(b) Notes
(c) Books
(d) Emails

7. At the concert, Jeff tries to resist the pull of the ______________, realizing the talent of the players.
(a) Melody
(b) Crowd
(c) Harmony
(d) Notes

8. What does Jeff stop doing because he realizes the Professor likes order and routine?
(a) Crying
(b) Cleaning
(c) Talking
(d) Doing his homework

9. The three women talk about the unfairness of _____________ as they continue to fill envelopes.
(a) God
(b) Society
(c) Children
(d) Womanhood

10. Then Melody tells Jeff that he is just like ______________ in the way that he waits for her to get him.
(a) A little boy
(b) A man
(c) His father
(d) A polite person

11. What does Jeff decide to send to Melody for Christmas as he believes it is as perfect as his love for her?
(a) Book
(b) Scarf
(c) Song he wrote
(d) Guitar

12. Who is waiting for Jeff when he arrives at Gambo's house after Melody and her boyfriend drop him off?
(a) Gambo
(b) Aunt Booty
(c) Miss Opal
(d) Aunt Georgina

13. Where does Jeff go on the day before he leaves his mother's home?
(a) The diner
(b) Island
(c) Boston
(d) Max's party

14. Where does Brother Thomas reveal he will be studying for the next year?
(a) Yale
(b) Harvard
(c) Oxford
(d) MIT

15. Who is NOT one of the groups of needy that Melody says she wants to help when she is away from the Professor and Jeff?
(a) Hungry children
(b) Orphans
(c) Animals
(d) HIV victims

Short Answer Questions

1. The Professor decides they need a ________________ to help them take care of Jeff and the house.

2. Melody tells Jeff that _________________ have killed the crabs and the herons who used to live in the marshes.

3. Who is Jeff's doctor that the Professor needs to call when Jeff becomes very ill?

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

5. Who is NOT one of the relatives to which Melody introduces him?

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