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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ellie interpret all of Will's friendly gestures?
(a) As friendship.
(b) As nervousness.
(c) As flirting.
(d) He is not that friendly to her.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is Will's relationship to Marco Campbell?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Brother.
(c) Step brother.
(d) Neighbor.

11. Why is Ellie running with her father in the woods?
(a) They are chasing their Boston terrier.
(b) They are chasing a fox.
(c) She is supporting his exercise routine.
(d) They are trying to catch up to the neighborhood people in the run program.

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

13. What does Ellie do that is out of character for her?
(a) Ignores a friendly hi from the boy on the trail.
(b) Barely says hi to her brother.
(c) Ignores her father and goes around him.
(d) Smiles back when the man on the trail smiles at her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Ellie enjoys doing?

2. What poem does Ellie trade with someone else so she does not have to do the one assigned her?

3. What does Ellie think of the school itself?

4. Why is a member of the other team taken off on a stretcher?

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

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