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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 Gambo say of Jeff as she is looking at him and telling others to look as well?
(a) He looks like Melody
(b) He is handsome
(c) He is short
(d) He is too much like his father

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

3. Melody becomes upset with Jeff at first because everyone else has already _____________.
(a) Gone to work
(b) Eaten
(c) Let their food get cold
(d) Left

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

5. Who raised Melody when she was growing up, as Jeff finds out during a lunch they share?
(a) Francine
(b) Aunt Booty
(c) Aunt Georgina
(d) Gambo

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jeff decide to give to his father as a gift for Christmas this particular year?

3. Who pays for the lunch that Melody and Jeff share in a nice restaurant in town?

4. How does Jeff find out that his mother left him and his father to go help other people?

5. Melody tells Jeff that _________________ have killed the crabs and the herons who used to live in the marshes.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jeff do with the money he saves up from his weekly allowance he receives from his father?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Jeff do when he feels like crying in order to avoid making a scene with his father?

9. What does Jeff say when Brother Thomas asks Jeff if he will go back to visit Melody the next summer?

10. Why does Jeff send Melody a beautiful scarf for Christmas the year after he visits her?

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