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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ellie picks Julia up from the airport, she tells Julia that Peanut's children are now how old?
(a) 12 and 13.
(b) 9 and 15.
(c) 14 and 16.
(d) 8 and 13.

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) 14.
(d) 12.

3. Which character is sent by Ellie to the diner to fetch a hot meal that may lure Girl out of the maple tree?
(a) Lori.
(b) Cal.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Earl.

4. About how old does Ellie judge Girl to be when she spies her in the top of a tree in Chief Sealth City Park?
(a) 4 or 5.
(b) 10 or 11.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 6 or 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people in Rain Valley often go silent when Cal's wife Lisa is mentioned?

2. Ellie and Peanut seize upon the idea to enlist whose help in the quest to identify Girl?

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

4. In what way are Julia and Ellie related?

5. In what state does Julia live when the narrative first begins?

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