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

2. All winter, Phil and Andy talk and worry about ________________, but Jeff avoids the subject.
(a) Money
(b) College
(c) Girls
(d) Grades

3. When Dicey becomes angry with Jeff, he begins to feel the same way he felt when ____________ was angry with him.
(a) Gambo
(b) Melody
(c) Brother Thomas
(d) The Professor

4. Jeff feels sorry for Melody who never knew what the real ____________ were, according to him.
(a) Pictures
(b) Prizes
(c) Treasures
(d) Herons

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. That summer, Jeff decides to set up a _____________ business with the Tillermans.

3. Who is the girl that Jeff meets when he is playing his guitar, though she leaves abruptly the first time?

4. The Professor talks about how his book has been successful, and that they can move to a _____________ in Baltimore if they want.

5. Jeff realizes he would really treasure the ________________ as a connection to the past.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are the two students that Jeff finds interesting at Chrisfeld school?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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