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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dicey and her siblings travel from when their mother was put into a hospital?
(a) Delaware
(b) Massachusetts
(c) Maine
(d) Connecticut

2. Who is the girl that Jeff meets when he is playing his guitar, though she leaves abruptly the first time?
(a) Janice Proeson
(b) Julie Rosen
(c) Dicey Tillerman
(d) Abgail Tillerman

3. 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

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

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

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

7. Who called the Professor and told him about Jeff's performance in school, though Jeff had tried to hide it?
(a) The principal
(b) No one, the Professor knew
(c) Brother Thomas
(d) Melody

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

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

10. Jeff realizes that the only thing the Professor wants for him is for Jeff to be ______________.
(a) Outgoing
(b) Happy
(c) Perfect
(d) Worried

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

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

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

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

15. The Professor reveals that Melody's ______________ hurt him repeatedly.
(a) Disappearances
(b) Lovers
(c) Debts
(d) Lies

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jeff has emotionally gone inside of himself, to a small ______ where he locked the memories of his day and night spent on the beach.

3. Whose car does Jeff see when he is coming home ten days before school lets out?

4. What does the girl do when she returns a week later after running away from Jeff and his guitar?

5. Jeff realizes that ______________ is feeling bleak and hopeless during that summer.

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