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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 study when she first gets to college?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Pre-med.
(c) Biology.
(d) Psychology.

2. Why does Caroline give up vocal lessons?
(a) She lost interest.
(b) The Captain is teaching her instead.
(c) Her family doesn't have the money.
(d) She has learned enough to be famous.

3. How does Grandmother think Trudy died?
(a) Hiram strangled her.
(b) Hiram poisoned her.
(c) Hiram starved her.
(d) Hiram beat her.

4. What does Louise want to be when she grows up?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A singer.
(c) A writer.
(d) A teacher.

5. What does the sky look like after the storm?
(a) Peaceful and mucky.
(b) Foggy and angry.
(c) Clear and beautiful.
(d) Cloudy and misty.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Louise say she started to grow up?

2. How does Trudy die?

3. Who offers to let the Captain stay at their house during the storm?

4. Who does the Captain marry?

5. Who receives the highest marks on the graduation test in all Rass Island history?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Louise do when she realizes that the older twin she caught at the end of the book is being ignored?

2. What does Louise say the water and the war are doing to the people on the island?

3. Who does the Captain marry, and why?

4. What does Louise say about the boredom she feels at school?

5. What does the Captain say to Louise at Christmas?

6. How does Louise describe Truitt?

7. What occasions does Louise return to Rass Island for?

8. What does Louise decide to do in an effort to change her luck?

9. How does Louise feel about herself after the lotion incident, and what is appealing to her about this?

10. What does Call tell Louise and the Captain when he comes home from the war?

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