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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Ellie happy when she observes Jennifer and Will?
(a) Jennifer and Will do not speak to each other.
(b) Jennifer and Will seem to just be friends.
(c) Jennifer is not at the party.
(d) Jennifer and Will seem happy with each other.

2. Where is Geoff when the story opens?
(a) Away at college.
(b) In the Army.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) At a swim meet.

3. What does Ellie leave the bleachers to do?
(a) To look for Liz.
(b) To find a quiet place to call her mother.
(c) To find the restroom.
(d) To buy hot dogs.

4. Who is Cavalier?
(a) Lance's nickname.
(b) Ellie's best friend's dog.
(c) Will's screen name.
(d) Marco's screen name.

5. To whom is Lance talking on the sidelines?
(a) Stacy.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Ellie.
(d) A recruiter.

6. Whom does Ellie spot on the trail?
(a) One of the guys from her class.
(b) Her brother Geoff.
(c) Her father stopped and stooped over.
(d) A man and a boy and girl.

7. To what did Admiral Wagner supposedly have his friend assigned?
(a) An assignment on a battle cruiser.
(b) A backwater naval base in Alaska.
(c) A cushy job at the Pentagon.
(d) A dangerous war zone.

8. Why is Ellie chatting with Liz after school?
(a) Ellie's mother is late picking her up.
(b) Ellie and Liz are chatting after track team practice.
(c) Liz asks Ellie about her last school.
(d) Ellie notices that Liz seems to have few friends.

9. What does Marco invite Ellie to do the next day?
(a) Go to a horse show.
(b) Go swimming.
(c) Go to a polo game.
(d) Go sailing with them.

10. What poem does Ellie trade with someone else so she does not have to do the one assigned her?
(a) "Sonnet 46."
(b) "The Lady of Shalot."
(c) "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
(d) "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock."

11. What does Ellie observe about Marco?
(a) He seems shy.
(b) He seems well liked.
(c) He seems surly.
(d) He seems like he is on drugs.

12. What is Ellie's parents' work status?
(a) They both quit their jobs recently.
(b) They are on sabbatical.
(c) Ellie's father is an unemployed lawyer and her mother is a physician.
(d) They work together in their own business.

13. What does Ellie's mother quote at dinner?
(a) "The Raven."
(b) "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
(c) "Daffodils."
(d) "The Lady of Shalott."

14. What is an extracurricular sport Liz enjoys?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Track.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Basketball.

15. What does Will say about his mother?
(a) She lives in New York.
(b) She died when he was born.
(c) She lives in London.
(d) She died in a car accident when he was six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lance doing when Ellie finds him?

2. Will suggests that Ellie should ______________.

3. Why has Will moved a lot in his childhood?

4. Will pulls Ellie to the __________to talk to her.

5. Why was Marco Campbell kicked out of school the year before?

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