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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many blocks in length is the town of Rain Valley?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

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) Earl.
(b) Lori.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Cal.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many reporters are said to be "huddled on the courthouse steps" (3) as Julia approaches the side entrance?

3. Ellie tells Girl that Julia had first stated her plan to become a doctor when she was how old?

4. With whom does Ellie recall having her first kiss beneath the same maple tree in which Girl is sitting?

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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