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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellie think of the majority of the kids at school?
(a) They are snobs.
(b) They are nice.
(c) They are weird.
(d) They are boring.

2. What does Ellie do in anticipation of attending the game and party at Will's house?
(a) Has her hair permed.
(b) Has her hair streaked.
(c) Tries to dress glamorously.
(d) Buys a new pair of jeans.

3. What does Ellie talk Liz and Stacy into doing after the game?
(a) Going to a late-night matinee at the movies.
(b) Going to Will's pool party.
(c) Going out for pizza.
(d) Spending the night at her house that night.

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

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

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

7. How does Ellie feel about Marco at the end of the evening?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Uncomfortable.

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

9. What does Will say about Ellie making the track team?
(a) Ellie needs to watch her back with Stacy.
(b) Ellie made the team because of her looks.
(c) Ellie will be a real asset to them.
(d) Ellie needs to watch her back with Liz.

10. What does Ellie's mother invite Will to do?
(a) Stay for a swim before he and Ellie go out to eat.
(b) Stay for a swim and dinner.
(c) Talk to Ellie's father about the upcoming football game.
(d) Go with them to deliver some food.

11. Who does Ellie think is nice?
(a) Will's father but not his step-mother.
(b) Will's step-mother but not his father.
(c) Will's father and step-mother.
(d) Will's younger sister.

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

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

14. Will pulls Ellie to the __________to talk to her.
(a) Library.
(b) Widow's walk.
(c) Pool room.
(d) Basement family room.

15. What kind of songs has Will been listening to in the ravine?
(a) Country.
(b) Classical.
(c) Troubadour music.
(d) Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Ellie and her parents living at the opening of the story?

2. About what does Ellie ask Will while they are chatting?

3. What makes Ellie happy when she observes Jennifer and Will?

4. Why is Will's father disappointed in Will?

5. How does Will answer Ellie's question?

(see the answer keys)

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