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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 out for pizza.
(d) Going to a late-night matinee at the movies.

2. What does Ellie see as she opens her eyes while floating in the pool?
(a) Jennifer is on the edge of the pool.
(b) Her mother is frowning at her.
(c) A hawk is about to grab a squirrel in the oak tree.
(d) Will is standing over her.

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

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

5. Where does Will's father work now?
(a) The Pentagon.
(b) The Naval Academy.
(c) Frodor's Publishing.
(d) The New York Times.

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

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

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

9. 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) Give the verbal presentation.
(d) Meet him Monday morning.

10. What does Ellie see at the bottom of the ravine?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A man.
(c) The fox.
(d) A gopher turtle.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what does Ellie joke concerning Will's feeling connected to her?

3. What does Ellie's mother invite Will to do?

4. What is Will's relationship to Marco Campbell?

5. About what is Ellie's father writing a book?

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