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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-26 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character does Julia tell first after she decides to try to adopt Alice?
(a) Max.
(b) Earl.
(c) Cal.
(d) Ellie.

2. Ellie tells Girl that Julia had first stated her plan to become a doctor when she was how old?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

3. Ellie says that until the arrival of Girl, her most difficult policing job involved what activity?
(a) Lecturing perpetrators of domestic violence.
(b) Hosting the annual fundraiser.
(c) Writing speeding tickets.
(d) Taking car keys from people at the local bar.

4. On what type of object is Alice sitting when Julia and Ellie finally locate her?
(a) A bench.
(b) A trash can.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A tree.

5. The sight of what instrument in her old childhood home causes her to be "blindsided by a memory" (61) of her mother?
(a) A ukulele.
(b) A violin.
(c) A xylophone.
(d) A piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound alerts Julia and Max to Ellie's imminent arrival at the place where the wolf is being held?

2. What identifying feature of Alice's baby blanket convinces George that the item had belonged to his daughter?

3. To what part of a "mythic, sleeping beast" (50) are the volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest compared within the text?

4. Julia tells Ellie that she wants to turn one corner of Alice's room into a what?

5. The narrator states that Julia's return to Rain Valley is "only the second time she'd been back since" (54) what event?

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