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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 he worries he might be losing touch with Jeff again.
(a) Phil
(b) Brother Thomas
(c) Andy
(d) The Professor

2. ____________ doesn't try to get in touch with Jeff after the incident they shared.
(a) Melody
(b) Dicey
(c) Maybeth
(d) Wilhemina

3. That summer, Jeff decides to set up a _____________ business with the Tillermans.
(a) Crabbing
(b) Restaurant
(c) Boating
(d) Bar

4. The lawyer that is coming to visit the Professor and Jeff is the lawyer of ______________.
(a) Miss Opal
(b) Melody
(c) Max
(d) Gambo

5. Brother Thomas sends Jeff ____________ about his father from national magazines and papers.
(a) Emails
(b) Phone conversations
(c) Articles
(d) Music

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Melody say she is going in order to help teach villagers?

2. Jeff finds the girl's ____________ appealing and he likes the way she is helpless to the music.

3. Jeff has emotionally gone inside of himself, to a small ______ where he locked the memories of his day and night spent on the beach.

4. ____________ enjoys watching the herons and playing the guitar, content finally in his solitude.

5. Who does Jeff write about for the essay in his English class, though his teacher mocks him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wilhemina tell Jeff about the Tillerman family and how they arrived at their current home?

2. Why does Jeff decide to stay instead of running away from Melody as she sits on the lawn?

3. What does Jeff do for the Tillermans, though he has gone out of his way to avoid them after Melody's visit?

4. What does Jeff realize about Dicey when Dicey's mother dies?

5. Why do Brother Thomas and the Professor show up at the amusement park to see Jeff?

6. Why does Jeff suddenly feel that his life is rich at the start of this chapter?

7. Why does Sammy think that if his sister turned out to be like their mom it wouldn't be a bad thing?

8. When Jeff is asked to write an essay about a real character for his English class, who does he write about?

9. What does Melody say that she is doing with Max which is why she wants to say goodbye to Jeff?

10. What does Jeff realize about the Professor's expectations of him at school?

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