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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Janie's struggle between ________________ and adulthood is a theme throughout the novel.
(a) Decisions.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Sexual purity.
(d) Adolescence.

2. Which board game do Janie and her friends play in chapter 16?
(a) Clue.
(b) Scrabble.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Trivial Pursuit.

3. In which chapter does Reeve's and Janie's relationship take a more serious turn?
(a) Chapter five.
(b) Chapter eleven.
(c) Chapter nine.
(d) Chapter two.

4. What does Sarah-Charlotte ask Janie about in chapter 16, that upsets Janie?
(a) Her sexual status.
(b) The milk carton.
(c) Her real parents.
(d) Her relationship with Reeve.

5. Which character acts as a mediator between the Johnsons and Janie?
(a) Jennie Spring.
(b) Lizzy.
(c) Sarah-Charlotte.
(d) Reeve.

6. What does Janie expose when she drops her book bag on the floor?
(a) The milk carton.
(b) The notebook.
(c) Her letter.
(d) A newspaper clipping.

7. How does Janie believe she is related to the boy(s)?
(a) No relation.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Childhood friends.
(d) Cousins.

8. What is the best word to describe the novel's ending?
(a) Condemning.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Open.
(d) Conclusive.

9. Where does Janie want to go with Reeve in chapter 14?
(a) To Connecticut.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Out for pizza.
(d) A motel.

10. Janie looks for information on whom, in chapter 13?
(a) Miranda Javenson.
(b) Jennie Spring.
(c) Debbie Spring.
(d) Hannah Johnson.

11. Janie finally comes clean about the situation. Which word best describes how the Johnsons are feeling?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Fortunate.
(c) Sad.
(d) Relieved.

12. Where does Janie ask Reeve to take her, after she confronts her parents?
(a) Florida.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) California.

13. Which animal does Janie recall having in her former life?
(a) A large dog.
(b) Fish.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A cat.

14. Which publication does Sarah-Charlotte mention, in chapter 13?
(a) The New York Star.
(b) Time Magazine.
(c) The Post Gazette.
(d) The New York Times.

15. In which chapter does Janie actually call the number on the milk carton?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Janie's case, youthful innocence is directly proportional to what?

2. Who has Reeve confided in regarding Janie's situation?

3. Which road do the Johnson's live on?

4. In which chapter do Janie and Reeve run off together?

5. Janie remembers a woman wearing this, with candy in the pockets.

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