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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of cake does the narrator dream of baking inside the house boat?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Vanilla.
(c) Cherry Cream.
(d) Coconut.

2. What is the prize in the competition Maude is in the finals for?
(a) College scholarship.
(b) A trip to Washington.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $500.

3. Where does Dolly take Verena in Chapter 6?
(a) Into the tree.
(b) Down to the river.
(c) Into their house.
(d) Into the hospital.

4. Who uses the house boat as a hideout?
(a) Collin.
(b) The Judge.
(c) Riley.
(d) The Sheriff.

5. Who does the narrator find in the tree house when he returns after Catherine is taken away?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) No one.
(c) Riley.
(d) The Judge.

6. Where do Riley and Collin head at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Toward Verena's house.
(b) Toward the river.
(c) Toward the town.
(d) Toward the ocean.

7. Who says, "I've envied you always. Come home, Dolly. Leave decisions to me: that, you see, has been my life"?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) Verena.
(c) Collin.
(d) The Judge.

8. Which character says, "At home, in the kitchen, there is a geranium that blooms over and over. Some plants, though, they bloom just once, if at all, and nothing more happens to them. They live, but they've had their life"?
(a) Collin.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Verena.

9. Whose father teaches violin lessons?
(a) Elizabeth's.
(b) Cynthia's.
(c) Maude's.
(d) Riley's.

10. How much has Verena given to Dr. Ritz for machinery for the old cannery?
(a) Over $20,000.
(b) Over $50,000.
(c) Over $10,000.
(d) Over $5,000.

11. Who does Verena lean upon when approaching the tree in Chapter 6?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Amos.
(c) Collin.
(d) The Sheriff.

12. What does the man whom Maudie Murphy leaves with do for a living?
(a) Sold detergent.
(b) Sold neckties.
(c) Sold whiskey.
(d) Sold blankets.

13. What do Maude and Elizabeth want Collin to come as to their Halloween party?
(a) A mummy.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A werewolf.
(d) A monster.

14. How does the narrator catch the fish?
(a) With a fishing pole.
(b) With a reed.
(c) Bare-handed.
(d) With a knife.

15. Who is one of the characters who drags Catherine away?
(a) Eddie Robinson.
(b) James Wishton.
(c) Big Eddie Stover.
(d) Ronald Oliver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone in the tree house decide they miss most in the morning?

2. What is Maude's last name?

3. What kind of car does Riley drive?

4. What does Riley whip his sisters with?

5. Who says, "I'm feeling old, I want my sister"?

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