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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 Julia decides in the middle of the night to begin writing a book, she ends up "surrounded by balled-up yellow wads of paper," (46) all of which say only which two words?
(a) "I'm sorry" (46).
(b) "Why her?" (46)
(c) "Forgive me" (46).
(d) "Please don't" (46).

2. At what type of meeting did Julia's former patient Amber open fire with an automatic weapon?
(a) A dance committee meeting.
(b) A church youth group meeting.
(c) A school administration meeting.
(d) A school board meeting.

3. How many reporters are said to be "huddled on the courthouse steps" (3) as Julia approaches the side entrance?
(a) Scores.
(b) Several.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Dozens.

4. To what part of a "mythic, sleeping beast" (50) are the volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest compared within the text?
(a) Its spine.
(b) Its claws.
(c) Its jaws.
(d) Its horn.

5. How many pounds has Ellie's best female friend gained in the few years prior to the novel's opening?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is sent by Ellie to the diner to fetch a hot meal that may lure Girl out of the maple tree?

2. The sight of what instrument in her old childhood home causes her to be "blindsided by a memory" (61) of her mother?

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

5. The narrator states that for Julia, everything "in the past year, every thought and deed, led her back to" (51) what emotion?

(see the answer key)

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