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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With whom does Ellie recall having her first kiss beneath the same maple tree in which Girl is sitting?
(a) Max.
(b) Cal.
(c) Steve.
(d) Earl.

4. Both Ellie and Julia know "that the overwhelming number of child abductions" (94) are perpetrated in what way?
(a) They include sexual abuse.
(b) They end in murder.
(c) They are orchestrated by family members.
(d) They are associated with a ransom.

5. 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) "Please don't" (46).
(b) "I'm sorry" (46).
(c) "Why her?" (46)
(d) "Forgive me" (46).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Julia recalls that at her mother's funeral, which character had "taken care of everything and everyone" (94)?

3. How many children does Cal have?

4. What main emotion does the leader of the press conference feel just before the event?

5. Who rushes into the police station to say that Ellie must come to Magnolia Street right away?

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