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

2. What is the reason for Dicey's anger, which quickly passes once she realizes what is happening?
(a) She was angry at someone else
(b) She was tired
(c) She was suprised
(d) She was busy

3. Who does Jeff write about for the essay in his English class, though his teacher mocks him?
(a) John C. Calhoun
(b) The Professor
(c) John Adams
(d) Melody

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

5. Where does Jeff begin to hang out in order to spend more time with Dicey?
(a) Movies
(b) Arcade
(c) Grocery store
(d) Music store

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jeff learns that Dicey also cut teacher Chapelle down to size. Which subject does Chapelle teach?

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

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

5. Brother Thomas sends Jeff ____________ about his father from national magazines and papers.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Melody believe about the reason why Jeff decided to stay with his father instead of with her?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Ten days before school lets out, what does Jeff see when he reaches his house?

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

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