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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Disappointed
(b) Happy
(c) Amused
(d) Angry

2. When Melody does arrive at the airport, he is immediately stunned by her ____________ once more.
(a) Beauty
(b) Thinness
(c) Haggard appearance
(d) Long hair

3. 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

4. What does Jeff catch that the Professor does not notice to be a bad thing until something is seriously wrong?
(a) Measles
(b) Food poisoning
(c) Flu
(d) Chicken pox

5. Jeff continues to ___________ to Melody each and every month, even though she does not reply.
(a) Send packages
(b) Send songs
(c) Place calls
(d) Write letters

6. Melody's boyfriend tells her to not be any more ______________ "than you can help."
(a) Ugly
(b) Stupid
(c) Intelligent
(d) Lovely

7. Which animal impresses Jeff with its solitude as he looks out the window of the bus?
(a) Hawk
(b) Heron
(c) Deer
(d) Chicken

8. ___________ wants to pour her life experiences into Jeff so he can carry them into his life.
(a) Melody
(b) Aunt Georgina
(c) Aunt Booty
(d) Gambo

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

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

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

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

13. Jeff rejects the Professor's offer to buy him _____________ as he wants that link to be Melody's alone.
(a) A bus ticket
(b) A plane ticket
(c) Guitar lessons
(d) A car

14. Melody tells Jeff that she wouldn't leave him if she thought she had to ____________ about him.
(a) Think
(b) Care
(c) Look
(d) Worry

15. Jeff ends up ________________ on the beach, which leaves him feeling great.
(a) Crying
(b) Playing
(c) Praying
(d) Sleeping

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gambo say of Jeff as she is looking at him and telling others to look as well?

3. The boyfriend tells Jeff that Melody married the Professor because she was ______________.

4. When Melody comes to pick Jeff up, he is overwhelmed by her _____________, warmth and cheerfulness.

5. Jeff saw fishing boats off in the distance, though to him they looked like ___________.

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