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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______________ tells Jeff to go away because he is making her tried.
(a) Melody
(b) Gambo
(c) Miss Opal
(d) Dicey

2. Who is Jeff's doctor that the Professor needs to call when Jeff becomes very ill?
(a) Dr. Elliott
(b) Dr. Smith
(c) Dr. Baker
(d) Dr. Thomas

3. What does Jeff see fly across the island as he is lingering on the island?
(a) Heron
(b) Hawk
(c) Small plane
(d) Gull

4. Who is NOT one of the relatives to which Melody introduces him?
(a) Aunt Dodo
(b) Aunt Georgina
(c) Gambo
(d) Aunt Booty

5. What does the Professor offer to buy for Jeff if Jeff isn't happy with his Christmas gift?
(a) A plane ticket
(b) A new pair of shoes
(c) A new guitar
(d) A car

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Brother Thomas reveal he will be studying for the next year?

2. Melody asks Jeff is life is very ____________ for him, though she then tells him not to answer and make her feel guiltier.

3. In what grade is Jeff when he finds out his mother has left him and his father, the Professor?

4. What does Jeff write to Melody after he arrives back in town from his trip with his mother?

5. Where does Melody say she will be for the morning, though she would like to have lunch with him later?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the two women at the house surprised to be introduced to Jeff by Melody?

2. What does Jeff realize as night falls when he is on the island's land?

3. What does Jeff do in order to feel healed and to feel at home once more?

4. What does Brother Thomas do when Jeff reveals he has not eaten dinner or breakfast?

5. What does Gambo remind Jeff of the next day at the breakfast table which makes Jeff feel uncomfortable?

6. What is the picture Melody painted once that made Jeff wake up worried during the night?

7. What does Jeff see as he lingers a bit on more on the island before returning to Baltimore?

8. What does Melody say when Jeff tells her that he gets only Bs and Cs in school?

9. Who is waiting for Jeff at the train station when he arrives back home?

10. What does Brother Thomas announce when he comes over for Christmas dinner?

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