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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A letter from Hallie asks Codi to do what?
(a) Find out the truth about their family.
(b) Give her best regards to everyone in Grace.
(c) Take care of their father.
(d) Watch the news and inform Hallie of what is happening.

2. What has Carlo begun doing for work in Chapter 25?
(a) Working as a trauma surgeon.
(b) Illustrating medical textbooks.
(c) Teaching classes at a medical university.
(d) Modeling at a fine arts school.

3. Where does Viola take Codi?
(a) To Nicaragua to see Hallie's grave.
(b) To the graveyard where her grandmother is buried.
(c) To the site where the helicopter took her mother away.
(d) To Illinois.

4. Who is in charge of Christmas dinner?
(a) Codi.
(b) Hallie.
(c) Loyd's mother.
(d) Loyd.

5. Who tells Codi that her relationship with Loyd "won't elevate her life"?
(a) Homer.
(b) Hallie.
(c) Uda.
(d) Loyd.

6. Hallie's letters tell of illness and death in Nicaragua caused by what?
(a) Famine.
(b) Plague.
(c) War.
(d) Pollution.

7. Who made the item that Codi brings to Hallie's funeral?
(a) Uda.
(b) Hallie.
(c) Codi.
(d) Viola.

8. Where do Codi and Loyd go in Chapter 27?
(a) To Telluride to find Carlo.
(b) To the grave of Loyd's brother.
(c) To Illinois in search of more information about Codi's family.
(d) To the riverbed where Codi buried her baby.

9. Codi discovers in Chapter 16 that her mother's real name is what?
(a) Alison.
(b) Alicia.
(c) Althea.
(d) Alice.

10. What does Codi receive from the school board in Chapter 23?
(a) A notice that her teaching license has expired.
(b) An invitation to come back and teach for another year.
(c) A notice of dismissal because of her unconventional teaching methods.
(d) Notice that disciplinary action will be taken against her for teaching the students about birth control.

11. Codi reveals to her father in Chapter 27 that she has told whom about the baby?
(a) Dosa Althea.
(b) Loyd.
(c) Carlo.
(d) Viola.

12. Who was caring for Codi and Hallie on the day their mother was taken away in the helicopter?
(a) Dosa Althea.
(b) Viola.
(c) Uda.
(d) Homer.

13. Where does much of the celebrating take place on Christmas?
(a) In rented party halls.
(b) In homes.
(c) The plaza.
(d) The local church.

14. With whom does Codi argue about leaving Grace at the end of the year?
(a) Hallie.
(b) Homer.
(c) Emelina.
(d) Loyd.

15. What does Codi realize as her plane is landing?
(a) She can see color for the first time in weeks.
(b) She left her passport with Loyd.
(c) She had boarded the wrong flight.
(d) She no longer remembers why she is there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Codi write unmailed letters to?

2. What item does Codi bring to Hallie's funeral?

3. What is Loyd designated to do at the cockfight?

4. Who gave Codi something similar to what she is wearing in Chapter 15?

5. Who receives a phone call at the beginning of Chapter 20?

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