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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After being at the beach, Jeff feels ___________ and at home, as if he had just woken from a deep, long sleep.
(a) Broken
(b) Healed
(c) New
(d) Strong

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

4. Melody takes Jeff into the city to show him how green and polluted the ______________ is.
(a) Local factory
(b) Park
(c) River
(d) Ground water

5. Melody says that she left the Professor because she was unhappy and tired of _______________.
(a) Being a wife
(b) Pinching pennies
(c) Cooking
(d) Being tied down

6. What does Jeff see fly across the island as he is lingering on the island?
(a) Hawk
(b) Heron
(c) Small plane
(d) Gull

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

8. Brother Thomas also suggests to Jeff that Jeff talk to his father about _______________ as it would be good for him.
(a) His feelings
(b) School
(c) God
(d) Melody

9. When the Professor retreats to his study after learning about Melody, what does he leave in the kitchen?
(a) His coffee
(b) His briefcase
(c) A shoe
(d) His hat

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

11. Who is NOT one of the relatives to which Melody introduces him?
(a) Gambo
(b) Aunt Booty
(c) Aunt Dodo
(d) Aunt Georgina

12. Melody asks Jeff is life is very ____________ for him, though she then tells him not to answer and make her feel guiltier.
(a) Exciting
(b) Terrible
(c) Boring
(d) Terrific

13. Melody becomes upset with Jeff at first because everyone else has already _____________.
(a) Left
(b) Gone to work
(c) Eaten
(d) Let their food get cold

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

15. Who raised Melody when she was growing up, as Jeff finds out during a lunch they share?
(a) Gambo
(b) Francine
(c) Aunt Booty
(d) Aunt Georgina

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brother Thomas reveal he will be studying for the next year?

2. Jeff realizes he can hear the joking between Thomas and the Professor and enjoy the conversation because of ____________.

3. When Jeff isn't home when Melody comes home for a bit, how does she feel toward him?

4. ______________ tells Jeff to go away because he is making her tried.

5. Who is waiting to pick up Jeff when he arrives back home from his visit with Melody?

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