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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is sitting out on the lawn when Jeff arrives home, though he almost does not stop to talk to this person?
(a) Miss Opal
(b) Dicey
(c) Brother Thomas
(d) Melody

2. Who does Jeff see riding his bike during the icy rain, so he picks him up in his car?
(a) James
(b) Phil
(c) Andy
(d) Sammy

3. The Professor talks about how his book has been successful, and that they can move to a _____________ in Baltimore if they want.
(a) Mansion
(b) Condominium
(c) Fancy house
(d) New apartment

4. Jeff realizes he would really treasure the ________________ as a connection to the past.
(a) Jade ring
(b) Picture
(c) Stocks
(d) Engagement ring

5. All winter, Phil and Andy talk and worry about ________________, but Jeff avoids the subject.
(a) College
(b) Money
(c) Grades
(d) Girls

6. At whose farmhouse does Jeff begin to spend more and more time?
(a) Phil's
(b) Brother Thomas'
(c) Andy's
(d) Tillerman's

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

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

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

10. Where do Jeff and the Professor decide to talk when they are ready to talk?
(a) A coffee shop
(b) The basement
(c) Diner
(d) Kitchen table

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

12. ____________ 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

13. When Dicey becomes angry with Jeff, he begins to feel the same way he felt when ____________ was angry with him.
(a) Gambo
(b) Melody
(c) Brother Thomas
(d) The Professor

14. Where does Melody say she is going in order to help teach villagers?
(a) Mexico
(b) South America
(c) Australia
(d) Africa

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff begin to do as it's the only thing which reminds him of the excitement he felt at the beach?

2. Jeff learns that Dicey also cut teacher Chapelle down to size. Which subject does Chapelle teach?

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

4. When Dicey's ______________ dies, Jeff understands and he knows to leave her alone.

5. Where did Dicey and her siblings travel from when their mother was put into a hospital?

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