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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. Melody tells Jeff she knows he picked his father because he is the ____________________.
(a) Peaceful one
(b) Nice one
(c) Smart one
(d) Rich and famous one

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

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

4. There is something about the girl Jeff meets that reminds him of his island in _______________.
(a) North Carolina
(b) South Carolina
(c) Maine
(d) Maryland

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Melody says that she merely wants a ______________ from Jeff before she leaves on a trip.

4. Where does Jeff begin to hang out in order to spend more time with Dicey?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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