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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Julia how she can "listen to sad stories all day long" (137)?
(a) Max.
(b) Peanut.
(c) Cal.
(d) Ellie.

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

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

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 horn.
(c) Its jaws.
(d) Its claws.

5. What objects does Julia scrape against the floor, greatly frightening Alice in Chapter 9?
(a) Her fingernails.
(b) A broom and a mop.
(c) The legs of her chair.
(d) The plastic shovels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of baby animal does Ellie see in Girl's arms when she first sees her up in the maple tree?

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

3. In what field had Julia's last boyfriend Philip been employed?

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

5. What breed are Ellie's two ill-behaved dogs?

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