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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. Who does the Professor tell Jeff more about in order to help him understand his background?
(a) Aunt Georgina
(b) Gambo
(c) The Professor's mom
(d) Brother Thomas

2. It seems to Jeff that the object flying across the island is saying ______________.
(a) Just leave me alone
(b) Why are you here
(c) Get out of here
(d) Who the heck are you

3. Then Melody tells Jeff that he is just like ______________ in the way that he waits for her to get him.
(a) A polite person
(b) A little boy
(c) His father
(d) A man

4. All the stars faded in the sky, except for one, ____________, the morning star.
(a) Venus
(b) Mars
(c) Saturn
(d) Orion

5. Where does Brother Thomas reveal he will be studying for the next year?
(a) MIT
(b) Harvard
(c) Yale
(d) Oxford

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised Melody when she was growing up, as Jeff finds out during a lunch they share?

2. At what time was Jeff's plane supposed to leave, which gave him little time to make it?

3. During what month does Melody decide to finally leave the Professor and Jeff?

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

5. When Jeff isn't home when Melody comes home for a bit, how does she feel toward him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the reason that Melody gives to Jeff for leaving him and the Professor?

3. Why does Jeff make himself stop crying when he is reading the letter from his mother, Melody?

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

5. Why does Jeff feel that his schooling is a waste of time and a waste of money?

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

7. What does the heron seem to be saying to Jeff as Jeff notices it flying across the island?

8. What does Jeff learn about the financial situation between Melody and the Professor?

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

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

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