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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. What does Louise ask of Call during the summer?
(a) If she can visit the Captain with him.
(b) If he will crab longer with her.
(c) If he could give her some space.
(d) If he will help her write song lyrics.

2. What illness does Caroline have when she travels in Chapter 4?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Typhoid Fever.
(c) An ear infection.
(d) A kidney infection.

3. From whom does Louise get a letter?
(a) Lyrics Unlimited.
(b) Mr. Rice.
(c) Songsters.
(d) The Captain.

4. What makes it difficult to breathe during the summer in Rass?
(a) A thick haze.
(b) Extreme humidity.
(c) Steam.
(d) Smoke.

5. What surprises Louise during her first visit with the strange man?
(a) He knows who she is.
(b) Caroline won't sing for him.
(c) Call laughs at his jokes.
(d) He is kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the island does the narrator's settlement take up?

2. What did Captain Wallace's son use his money for?

3. Why do the children in Rass fear the house that the strange man stays in?

4. In what season does Chapter 1 start out?

5. What does Louise find when she goes to return the cat found at the Captain's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Louise do with the money she earns after school lets out?

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

3. What does Louise feel guilty about after school lets out?

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

5. Who does Louise think the strange man is?

6. What does Louise say she is walking by as she walks down the streets of Rass?

7. What do Louise and Call do every day after school lets out for the summer?

8. How does Louise feel after asking her question during the Christmas program rehearsal?

9. What happens to the island in August?

10. How does Louise describe the mystery man at the ferry?

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