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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Juli pour out her heart?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The sycamore tree.
(d) Her best friend at school.

2. What does Juli think Bryce is too shy to do?
(a) Take her to the fair.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Invite her to go out.
(d) Tell her his secrets.

3. What does Juli's father do when he's in the midst of his hobby?
(a) Refuses to talk to anyone.
(b) Sponsors companies on his running outfit.
(c) Gets where no one can find him.
(d) Transcends his surroundings.

4. What does Juli like to do with her father?
(a) Watch him paint.
(b) Go to junkyards.
(c) Fish.
(d) Hunt.

5. What does Bryce do after his mother opens the front door?
(a) Goes in to hide from Juli.
(b) Introduces Juli to his mother.
(c) Tells his mother he's going down the street to Juli's house.
(d) Tells his mother that he does not feel well.

6. What does Juli retrieve one day from the sycamore tree?
(a) A young robin.
(b) A baby possum.
(c) Bryce's kite.
(d) A baby squirrel.

7. What grade does Bryce enter in his new place?
(a) 4th.
(b) 1st.
(c) 8th.
(d) 2nd.

8. How does Juli act for the next several weeks?
(a) As if she had never met Bryce.
(b) She alternates between being friends and cruel.
(c) Constantly at Bryce's door wanting to play.
(d) She doesn't see Bryce in the next several weeks.

9. What does it seem to Bryce that his grandfather does all the time?
(a) Writes brief postcards from Mexico that say nothing.
(b) Complains about Bryce's grandmother.
(c) Nothing since he is now dead.
(d) Sits on the porch and stare at the Baker's front yard.

10. Upon whom does Lynetta have a major crush?
(a) Sam Browden.
(b) Skyler Brown.
(c) Marshall Brown.
(d) Bill Steller.

11. What does Bryce think of when Juli brings Bryce a present one day?
(a) The boa eating the eggs.
(b) That he needed to find a girlfriend again to discourage Juli.
(c) That Juli was not getting any better about leaving him alone.
(d) That Juli had rescued his kite.

12. Why is Juli embarrassed when she climbs down from the tree?
(a) She trips and falls flat on her face when she drops off the last limb.
(b) Her pants are torn.
(c) Her knee is scrapped.
(d) She has bird poop in her hair.

13. What does Juli's father reply to Juli's statement?
(a) She needs to ask herself if he has enough for the long term.
(b) She should see if he wants to do something that involves commitment.
(c) She needs to look at the full landscape.
(d) She needs to learn more closely at his interactions.

14. Who were Matt and Mike feeding one day when Bryce arrives at their house?
(a) A stray cat.
(b) A raccoon.
(c) A boa constrictor.
(d) An opossum.

15. What are they feeding the animal?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Fish.
(c) Lettuce.
(d) Dog food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Julie when they came to cut down the tree?

2. Of whom does Juli remind Chet?

3. About what does Patsy compliment her father?

4. What does Juli say in response to her father's question?

5. What does Bryce's grandfather say Bryce should do the next time Bryce has to make a choice?

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