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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 is the name of Dicey's brother, who Jeff meets when he is spending more time with Dicey?
(a) Timmy
(b) Andy
(c) Tommy
(d) Sammy

2. Where does Melody say she is going in order to help teach villagers?
(a) Australia
(b) Africa
(c) South America
(d) Mexico

3. When does Jeff sit outside the school and play guitar in order to work on some songs?
(a) First free period
(b) Last free period
(c) He doesn't
(d) Lunch hour

4. At whose farmhouse does Jeff begin to spend more and more time?
(a) Andy's
(b) Brother Thomas'
(c) Phil's
(d) Tillerman's

5. A girl seems to be drawn against her will by the ______________ when Jeff is outside.
(a) Sunshine
(b) Wind
(c) Herons
(d) Music

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dicey asks Jeff to go _____________ and he almost says no, but accepts and is glad that he did.

3. Jeff tells the Professor that Melody had said she would have taken him with her had Jeff been _____________.

4. What is Jeff doing in the bay when he realizes that he has practiced not being anybody, though he wants to learn who he is?

5. Melody asks if they can put everything behind them and Jeff says that he ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Melody told Jeff she would have done if he was a girl instead of a boy?

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

3. What does Jeff begin to do in order to see Dicey more often, meeting her brother at the same time?

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

5. Why does Jeff begin to ride the roller coasters after returning home to his father's house?

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

7. What was Phil's impression of Jeff's mother when she stopped in town to visit Jeff?

8. Who is waiting for Jeff when he returns from his visit with Melody?

9. What does Jeff begin to realize the principal at his school and Melody did when he receives all As?

10. What is the achievement Jeff learns he and Dicey both share?

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