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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Shoplifts
(b) Steal cars
(c) Ride roller coasters
(d) Play his guitar

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

3. Jeff suggests that Melody keep the _____________ instead of selling it.
(a) Painting
(b) Car
(c) Jade ring
(d) Engagement ring

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

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

6. What is Jeff doing in the bay when he realizes that he has practiced not being anybody, though he wants to learn who he is?
(a) Playing his guitar
(b) Skipping stones
(c) Crabbing
(d) Swimming

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

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

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

10. Jeff realizes that Dicey is as private and solitary in her grief as _____________.
(a) Brother Thomas
(b) He is
(c) Melody
(d) The Professor

11. Where does Jeff begin to hang out in order to spend more time with Dicey?
(a) Music store
(b) Movies
(c) Grocery store
(d) Arcade

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

13. 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) Brother Thomas
(c) Dicey
(d) Melody

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. That summer, Jeff decides to set up a _____________ business with the Tillermans.

2. Dicey asks Jeff to go _____________ and he almost says no, but accepts and is glad that he did.

3. What is Jeff surprised to find on his report card, though his father is not?

4. ____________ tells Jeff he worries he might be losing touch with Jeff again.

5. Jeff thinks the Tillermans worry not about _____________, but about living right for each other, together.

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