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

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

2. What activity does Max undertake alone each Friday night?
(a) He goes bowling.
(b) He goes for a run.
(c) He goes for a swim.
(d) He goes to the movies.

3. What gesture does Alice use the first time she tries to communicate with Julia?
(a) She thumps her hand on an object.
(b) She points at Julia's ear.
(c) She waves at Julia.
(d) She crawls into Julia's lap and stares into her eyes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellie threaten to do to the local reporter if he publishes anything about Julia?

2. Who tells Ellie that it has been too long since someone has taken care of her?

3. To what location is Alice moved once she has been sedated?

4. Who asks Julia how she can "listen to sad stories all day long" (137)?

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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