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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who smiles at Ellie as she is walking down the hall?
(a) One of the guys she saw in the woods.
(b) A guy she meet in biology class.
(c) The captain of the football team.
(d) A guy she saw in the principal's office when she enrolled.

2. What does Ellie wonder about what she saw at the bottom of the ravine?
(a) If that is the same fox she and her father saw earlier.
(b) How the man got down there without a machete.
(c) If the gopher can get up the steep banks of the ravine.
(d) If that might be brier rabbit.

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

4. Where does the group go sailing the next day?
(a) Annapolis.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Norfolk.

5. Will suggests that Ellie should ______________.
(a) Be his billiards partner.
(b) Try a wine cooler he makes.
(c) Talk with him in a back room.
(d) Change into a swimsuit.

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

7. About what is Ellie's father writing a book?
(a) A sword.
(b) Antiques.
(c) Cryptograms.
(d) How to start your own business.

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

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

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

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

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

13. About what does Ellie joke concerning Will's feeling connected to her?
(a) He has a brain tumor.
(b) His uses that line on all the girls.
(c) He's connected to her future.
(d) He believes in reincarnation.

14. Where are Ellie and her parents living at the opening of the story?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Washington, D. C.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lance doing when Ellie finds him?

2. Where does Will's father work now?

3. Why does Ellie decide to go for a run when she gets home from school?

4. Who does Ellie think is nice?

5. Why does Mr. Morton yell at Ellie?

(see the answer keys)

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