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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is a member of the other team taken off on a stretcher?
(a) Lance hits him really hard as payback.
(b) The boy breaks his leg when he falls wrong.
(c) Lance loses his temper and trips the guy.
(d) The boy knocks his head on the goal post.

2. Whom was Lancelot dating?
(a) The Lady of Avalon.
(b) The Lady of Shalot.
(c) Morgan Le Fey.
(d) Guinevere.

3. Why did Will look Ellie up in the school directory?
(a) He wondered why she was running in the woods.
(b) He thought she looked nice.
(c) He feels he's met her before.
(d) He wanted to apologize to her.

4. Why has Will moved a lot in his childhood?
(a) His mother loves to go to new places.
(b) His father is a travel guide writer.
(c) His mother is in the military.
(d) His father is in the military.

5. Who is Nancy?
(a) Ellie's best friend.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) Ellie's aunt.
(d) Ellie's older sister.

6. What does Liz say makes Ellie part of the in crowd?
(a) Being paired with Lance in lit class.
(b) Being invited to Will's pool party.
(c) Living where she lives.
(d) Making the track team.

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

8. Where does Will say he just ends up sometimes?
(a) At beautiful girls' houses.
(b) In magical places.
(c) In the ravine.
(d) At the basketball court.

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

10. What does Mr. Morton order Ellie to do?
(a) Do the Beowulf poem and "Lady of Shalott."
(b) Make Lance write part of the report.
(c) Meet him Monday morning.
(d) Give the verbal presentation.

11. What is Will's father rumored to have done?
(a) Worked as a Soviet spy.
(b) Escaped from a prison camp in Vietnam.
(c) Killed his first wife.
(d) Killed his best friend.

12. What is one thing Ellie enjoys doing?
(a) Creating cryptograms.
(b) Talking on the phone.
(c) Drifting in the pool.
(d) Researching antiques for her father.

13. What does Ellie not understand concerning Mr. Morton?
(a) He would yell at her at a football game.
(b) He would care which poem she analyzed.
(c) He is mad at her, but not Lance.
(d) He knows so much about her.

14. What is Ellie's screen name?
(a) Bearlythere.
(b) Tiggertoo.
(c) Bearclaw.
(d) Ellyoop.

15. Why is Will hurt on the field?
(a) He is hit when jumping for a pass.
(b) He is hit when jumping into the end zone.
(c) One of the linemen slips and lets a tackle by.
(d) Lance does not guard him well.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did Admiral Wagner supposedly have his friend assigned?

2. What poem is Ellie assigned to write a report on for class?

3. What does Will say about Ellie making the track team?

4. What is Ellie's parents' work status?

5. What does Will confide to Ellie?

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