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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. Professor notes that Tolstoy once said that every unhappy family is ____________ in its own way.
(a) Happy
(b) Unhappy
(c) Quiet
(d) Determined

2. Who is waiting for Jeff when he arrives at Gambo's house after Melody and her boyfriend drop him off?
(a) Gambo
(b) Aunt Booty
(c) Miss Opal
(d) Aunt Georgina

3. What must Jeff hurry to do as he has stayed at the island for such a long time?
(a) Catch his flight
(b) Find his mother
(c) Wash his clothes
(d) Pack

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

5. At what time was Jeff's plane supposed to leave, which gave him little time to make it?
(a) Five
(b) Eight
(c) Ten
(d) Nine

Short Answer Questions

1. The Professor admits that Melody was often ___________ with him - first by his inability to first buy a big engagement ring and then buy a house.

2. Melody tells Jeff she is going out of town to take pictures at a ___________ with her boyfriend for a week.

3. For how many house does Jeff wait for Melody at the airport the second time he visits?

4. Jeff, on the island, sees a world in which he is the only ______________ inhabitant.

5. Melody's boyfriend refuses to bring Jeff to a party he is working that night. What is the profession of the boyfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What doesn't Jeff mind about waiting at the airport for his mother?

2. What does Jeff do the first morning he is with his mom which ends up upsetting her?

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

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

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

6. What are Jeff's first reactions to his mother when he sees her arrive at the airport in Charleston?

7. What does Jeff do when he goes to the island for one final time in Charleston?

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

9. What does the Professor do when he reads the note that was left for him from Melody?

10. What is happening at the house where Melody says that she and Jeff need to stop?

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