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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Melody show to Jeff which shows just how excited he was to see her when he first arrived?
(a) Letter
(b) Sketch
(c) Photo
(d) Video

3. What does Gambo say of Jeff as she is looking at him and telling others to look as well?
(a) He is short
(b) He looks like Melody
(c) He is handsome
(d) He is too much like his father

4. Jeff doesn't care what's happening to him at school, because of _____________, "nothing could touch him."
(a) His guitar
(b) The Professor
(c) Herons
(d) Melody

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

6. When Jeff cries in his bed after Melody leaves again, he can't believe how easy he was to _____________.
(a) Upset
(b) Leave
(c) Break
(d) Cry

7. What does Jeff ask the Professor when his letters to his mother and Gambo go unanswered?
(a) If the Professor mailed the letters
(b) If letters get lost
(c) If his mother loves him
(d) If the address is right

8. Jeff was once told that his father's ___________ department was in shambles because the Professor didn't publish.
(a) History
(b) English
(c) Art
(d) Science

9. When the Professor gives Jeff an allowance week after week, what does Jeff save up to buy?
(a) A book
(b) A plane ticket
(c) A bus ticket
(d) A guitar

10. Jeff, on the island, sees a world in which he is the only ______________ inhabitant.
(a) Real
(b) Human
(c) Selfless
(d) Male

11. Who does the Professor tell Jeff more about in order to help him understand his background?
(a) Gambo
(b) Aunt Georgina
(c) The Professor's mom
(d) Brother Thomas

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

13. Where does Brother Thomas decide to take Jeff when he learns Jeff has not eaten?
(a) Fast food restaurant
(b) To the monastery
(c) A diner
(d) Straight home

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

15. What does Jeff write to Gambo after he arrives back in town from his trip with his mother?
(a) A story
(b) Thank you note
(c) A poem
(d) A long letter

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jeff find and put into his pocket to bring home with him?

2. Melody's boyfriend tells her to not be any more ______________ "than you can help."

3. How does Jeff find out that his mother left him and his father to go help other people?

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

5. Jeff rejects the Professor's offer to buy him _____________ as he wants that link to be Melody's alone.

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