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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. ____________ enjoys watching the herons and playing the guitar, content finally in his solitude.
(a) Ian
(b) Jeff
(c) The Professor
(d) Brother Thomas

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

5. ___________ doesn't tell anyone how he feels as he doesn't think he deserves comfort or sympathy.
(a) James
(b) Brother Thomas
(c) Jeff
(d) The Professor

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

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

8. ____________ doesn't try to get in touch with Jeff after the incident they shared.
(a) Maybeth
(b) Wilhemina
(c) Melody
(d) Dicey

9. Brother Thomas sends Jeff ____________ about his father from national magazines and papers.
(a) Emails
(b) Music
(c) Phone conversations
(d) Articles

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

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

12. What does Jeff decide to give to Miss Opal from his inheritance?
(a) A book
(b) Stocks
(c) The estate
(d) The ring

13. The lawyer that is coming to visit the Professor and Jeff is the lawyer of ______________.
(a) Miss Opal
(b) Gambo
(c) Melody
(d) Max

14. What is Jeff surprised to find on his report card, though his father is not?
(a) All Fs
(b) All As
(c) All Bs
(d) All Ds

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

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ tells Jeff that Dicey and her siblings traveled alone to their home when their mother was put into a mental hospital.

2. What is the name of Dicey's brother, who Jeff meets when he is spending more time with Dicey?

3. Who is the girl that Jeff meets when he is playing his guitar, though she leaves abruptly the first time?

4. The Professor reveals that Melody's ______________ hurt him repeatedly.

5. Jeff feels that if he didn't keep all of his emotions hidden away, he would fall apart into ______________.

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