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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 prom
(c) Sailing
(d) To the bar

3. ____________ tells Jeff that Dicey and her siblings traveled alone to their home when their mother was put into a mental hospital.
(a) Wilhemina
(b) Andy
(c) Maybeth
(d) Dicey

4. What does Jeff decide to invite Brother Thomas to do in order to make him feel better?
(a) Go crabbing
(b) Play a song for him
(c) Go to a concert
(d) Invite him to live with them

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

6. Who does Jeff write about for the essay in his English class, though his teacher mocks him?
(a) The Professor
(b) John Adams
(c) Melody
(d) John C. Calhoun

7. There is something about the girl Jeff meets that reminds him of his island in _______________.
(a) Maine
(b) Maryland
(c) North Carolina
(d) South Carolina

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

9. Jeff tells the Professor that Melody had said she would have taken him with her had Jeff been _____________.
(a) A girl
(b) An older man
(c) Not like his father
(d) A baby

10. ____________ tells Jeff he worries he might be losing touch with Jeff again.
(a) Andy
(b) The Professor
(c) Brother Thomas
(d) Phil

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

12. Jeff realizes that Melody and his principal at the University School tried to make him believe he wasn't ______________.
(a) Intelligent
(b) A hard worker
(c) Friendly
(d) Dumb

13. Jeff finds the girl's ____________ appealing and he likes the way she is helpless to the music.
(a) Determination
(b) Beauty
(c) Intelligence
(d) Voice

14. Whose car does Jeff see when he is coming home ten days before school lets out?
(a) Andy's
(b) The Professor's
(c) Max's
(d) Dicey's

15. Jeff thinks the Tillermans worry not about _____________, but about living right for each other, together.
(a) Truth
(b) Happiness
(c) Peace
(d) Perfection

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ doesn't tell anyone how he feels as he doesn't think he deserves comfort or sympathy.

2. What does Jeff begin to do as a result of running away from his school work?

3. What is NOT one of the things Jeff does to protect the emotions he is feeling about Melody?

4. Who is sitting out on the lawn when Jeff arrives home, though he almost does not stop to talk to this person?

5. Jeff suggests that Melody keep the _____________ instead of selling it.

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