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

2. Who is waiting to pick up Jeff when he arrives back home from his visit with Melody?
(a) The Professor
(b) Brother Thomas
(c) Jackson
(d) Ian

3. Jeff continues to ___________ to Melody each and every month, even though she does not reply.
(a) Send packages
(b) Write letters
(c) Send songs
(d) Place calls

4. Melody takes Jeff into the city to show him how green and polluted the ______________ is.
(a) Ground water
(b) Local factory
(c) River
(d) Park

5. When the Professor retreats to his study after learning about Melody, what does he leave in the kitchen?
(a) His hat
(b) His coffee
(c) His briefcase
(d) A shoe

Short Answer Questions

1. Jeff feels bad about the money that the Professor is paying for his __________ since he things it's been a waste.

2. The Professor decides they need a ________________ to help them take care of Jeff and the house.

3. Jeff rejects the Professor's offer to buy him _____________ as he wants that link to be Melody's alone.

4. What is the weather like when Jeff is sitting at the island before he leaves for his father's house?

5. What does Jeff do in response to the offer of a new Christmas gift, though he explains his response later?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Max tell Jeff about the relationship between Melody and the Professor?

2. What does the Professor give to Jeff for Christmas, which causes Jeff to cry?

3. What does Melody tell Jeff about the river in Charleston when they are out exploring the tow?

4. Why does Jeff feel disappointed about Gambo when he arrives to visit with her?

5. What does Jeff, a second grader, find when he arrives home from school one early March day?

6. What does Jeff do in order to stay in contact with his mother, Melody, after he returns home?

7. What does Melody's new boyfriend, Max, refuse to let Jeff do when he is staying with them?

8. Where does Jeff go before he leaves Charleston after staying with his mother?

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

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

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