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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Liz asks Ellie about her last school.
(d) Ellie's mother is late picking her up.

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

5. What is Lance doing when Ellie finds him?
(a) Making out with Jennifer.
(b) Arm wrestling with Will.
(c) Talking to Will's father about the game.
(d) Arguing with Marco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellie see as she opens her eyes while floating in the pool?

2. After whom is Ellie named?

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

4. What is one thing Ellie enjoys doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will interact with Ellie's parents?

2. How does Ellie relate Jennifer, Marco, Will, and Lance to the Arthurian legend?

3. What happens as the teens prepare to go sailing?

4. Describe Ellie's encounter with Mr. Morton at the football game.

5. Why is Ellie running with her father in a wooded area?

6. Summarize what Ellie says about the Arthurian legend.

7. What happens during the football game with Will, Lance, and one of the other team members?

8. Why are Ellie and her parents in Annapolis for a year?

9. Why does Ellie pull out her school directory?

10. How does Ellie feel at her first day at school?

(see the answer keys)

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