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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl do when she returns a week later after running away from Jeff and his guitar?
(a) Brings him a book
(b) Sings along with him
(c) She hugs him
(d) Kisses him

2. Phil tells Jeff it must be great to have a _____________ mother like Melody in his life.
(a) Kind
(b) Loving
(c) Angry
(d) Beautiful

3. Who does Jeff invite out on his boat once school finally lets out for the year?
(a) Phil Milson
(b) Andy Barrows
(c) Peter Smith
(d) Brother Thomas

4. Melody asks if they can put everything behind them and Jeff says that he ______________.
(a) Never will
(b) Isn't sure
(c) Already has
(d) Thinks that's not fair

5. Jeff realizes that ______________ is feeling bleak and hopeless during that summer.
(a) James
(b) The Professor
(c) Dicey
(d) Brother Thomas

6. What did Jeff do in Charleston on his last day so that no one else could have it?
(a) Sank the boat
(b) Broke his guitar
(c) Hid his diary
(d) Burn the house

7. Dicey asks Jeff to go _____________ and he almost says no, but accepts and is glad that he did.
(a) To her room
(b) To the bar
(c) Sailing
(d) To the prom

8. James tells Jeff that Dicey knows how to __________ and did it frequently on their trip after their mother was put in the hospital.
(a) Run away
(b) Lie
(c) Be angry
(d) Cry

9. The lawyer tells Jeff that Gambo had decided that the ______________ descendant should inherit her estate.
(a) Kind
(b) Poor
(c) Blood
(d) Male

10. What is the name of Dicey's brother, who Jeff meets when he is spending more time with Dicey?
(a) Tommy
(b) Sammy
(c) Timmy
(d) Andy

11. A girl seems to be drawn against her will by the ______________ when Jeff is outside.
(a) Herons
(b) Sunshine
(c) Wind
(d) Music

12. As the spring comes, Jeff prepares the _____________ and begins to see the herons again.
(a) Suitcase
(b) Guitar
(c) Car
(d) Boat

13. Jeff suddenly begins to feel his life is crowded with people he likes and things he wants to do and feels life is ___________.
(a) Rich
(b) Beautiful
(c) Exhausting
(d) Exciting

14. Jeff learns that Dicey also cut teacher Chapelle down to size. Which subject does Chapelle teach?
(a) History
(b) Math
(c) Science
(d) English

15. What does Jeff begin to do as a result of running away from his school work?
(a) Excel at school
(b) Dates a few girls
(c) Flunk classes
(d) Smoke pot

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Professor goes to Baltimore, who does he stay with on these nights?

2. Melody tells Jeff she knows he picked his father because he is the ____________________.

3. When does Jeff sit outside the school and play guitar in order to work on some songs?

4. Melody says that she couldn't be happy knowing about the situation in ___________ and doing nothing.

5. What does the Professor show to Jeff at the end of October, though he does not show any expression as to how he feels about it?

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