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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only detail Ellie shares with Julia about the situation for which she needs help?
(a) The case involves elective mutism.
(b) The case involves abandonment.
(c) The case involves a child.
(d) The case involves paranoid schizophrenia.

2. For what reason does Julia agree to Ellie's request for help?
(a) She has few remaining patients.
(b) She wants to continue to hone her talk therapy skills.
(c) She has nothing better to do.
(d) She finds meaning in altruism.

3. The narrator states that for Julia, everything "in the past year, every thought and deed, led her back to" (51) what emotion?
(a) Hope.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Regret.

4. How many "white-capped volcanoes" are said to stretch "from northern Oregon to Bellingham" (50)?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. Who radios Ellie to tell her to come to Chief Sealth City Park once she reaches Magnolia Street and sees nothing?
(a) Dave.
(b) Earl.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Cal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how old does Ellie judge Girl to be when she spies her in the top of a tree in Chief Sealth City Park?

3. How many blocks in length is the town of Rain Valley?

4. Julia considers herself to have grown up "in the shadow of" (50) which member of her family?

5. Who brings back a tray of food for Girl from the hospital cafeteria?

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