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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. How much older than Caroline is Louise?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two minutes.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Three years.

2. How old is Call in Chapter 1?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eleven.

3. Where has Mr. Rice been posted?
(a) Japan.
(b) France.
(c) Texas.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

4. What did Louise's grandfather send to them from the mainland?
(a) A piano.
(b) A sewing machine.
(c) A radio.
(d) A skiff.

5. What does Louise offer to help the Captain fix?
(a) His boat.
(b) His dock.
(c) His door.
(d) His chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Louise's first name?

2. Who gets the main solo at the Christmas concert?

3. What does Louise write to try to earn money?

4. What kind of feelings does Louise have for her sister?

5. What is the first name of the owner of the cat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Louise think the strange man is?

2. What does Louise hear about Mr. Rice after hearing about Pearl Harbor?

3. What does Caroline do after the Christmas Program?

4. What did the Captain want to do with Trudy's cats, and why did that not happen?

5. What do Call and Louise do together to make money?

6. What do Louise and Call call the strange man after their first visit with him, and why?

7. What does Caroline plan to do over the summer and why?

8. What does the narrator describe in the first chapter?

9. What does the narrator say about her mother in the first chapter?

10. What did Louise's father do before becoming a waterman?

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