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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) Brother Thomas'
(b) Phil's
(c) Tillerman's
(d) Andy's

2. ____________ tells Jeff that Dicey and her siblings traveled alone to their home when their mother was put into a mental hospital.
(a) Maybeth
(b) Wilhemina
(c) Andy
(d) Dicey

3. Who does Jeff see riding his bike during the icy rain, so he picks him up in his car?
(a) James
(b) Sammy
(c) Andy
(d) Phil

4. Jeff realizes that ______________ is feeling bleak and hopeless during that summer.
(a) Dicey
(b) James
(c) The Professor
(d) Brother Thomas

5. Who is the girl that Jeff meets when he is playing his guitar, though she leaves abruptly the first time?
(a) Abgail Tillerman
(b) Dicey Tillerman
(c) Janice Proeson
(d) Julie Rosen

Short Answer Questions

1. As the spring comes, Jeff prepares the _____________ and begins to see the herons again.

2. Jeff feels sorry for Melody who never knew what the real ____________ were, according to him.

3. Where did Dicey and her siblings travel from when their mother was put into a hospital?

4. What is Jeff surprised to find on his report card, though his father is not?

5. The lawyer that is coming to visit the Professor and Jeff is the lawyer of ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of business does Jeff set up over the summer with the help of the Tillermans?

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

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

7. Why is the Professor worried when Gambo's lawyer is coming to visit their house?

8. What does the girl that stops to listen to Jeff do when she comes back to visit a second time?

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

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

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