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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Skipping stones
(b) Playing his guitar
(c) Crabbing
(d) Swimming

3. Brother Thomas tells Jeff that he will finally have to tell the Professor what he is ______________.
(a) Hiding
(b) Feeling
(c) Afraid of
(d) Carrying

4. When the Professor goes to Baltimore, who does he stay with on these nights?
(a) Melody
(b) Brother Thomas
(c) Gambo
(d) Maxine

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

6. What does Jeff begin to do as it's the only thing which reminds him of the excitement he felt at the beach?
(a) Play his guitar
(b) Steal cars
(c) Ride roller coasters
(d) Shoplifts

7. Melody tells Jeff she knows he picked his father because he is the ____________________.
(a) Rich and famous one
(b) Peaceful one
(c) Smart one
(d) Nice one

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

9. When Dicey's ______________ dies, Jeff understands and he knows to leave her alone.
(a) Mother
(b) Father
(c) Brother
(d) Sister

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

11. Jeff feels sorry for Melody who never knew what the real ____________ were, according to him.
(a) Prizes
(b) Treasures
(c) Pictures
(d) Herons

12. Who is waiting for Jeff when he returns to the Baltimore airport this time?
(a) Melody
(b) The Professor
(c) No one
(d) Brother Thomas

13. 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

14. What is Jeff on again during his sophomore year of high school, though he would never have thought it to be the case?
(a) Academic probation
(b) Advanced students list
(c) Honor roll
(d) Detention list

15. What is the reason for Dicey's anger, which quickly passes once she realizes what is happening?
(a) She was tired
(b) She was suprised
(c) She was angry at someone else
(d) She was busy

Short Answer Questions

1. Jeff realizes that the only thing the Professor wants for him is for Jeff to be ______________.

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

3. When Dicey becomes angry with Jeff, he begins to feel the same way he felt when ____________ was angry with him.

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

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

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