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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ellie and Peanut seize upon the idea to enlist whose help in the quest to identify Girl?
(a) Max.
(b) Earl.
(c) Cal.
(d) Julia.

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

3. Who rushes into the police station to say that Ellie must come to Magnolia Street right away?
(a) Lori.
(b) Julia.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Marge.

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

5. What action does Alice take the first time she sees herself in a mirror?
(a) She cries out for Julia.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She punches the mirror.
(d) She hides under the bed.

6. For what reason does Julia agree to Ellie's request for help?
(a) She finds meaning in altruism.
(b) She has few remaining patients.
(c) She wants to continue to hone her talk therapy skills.
(d) She has nothing better to do.

7. Julia tells Ellie that the first thing she needs to acquire in order to help Girl is what?
(a) A court order.
(b) A place to work with her.
(c) A respite from the media.
(d) A set of restraints.

8. Which character is sent by Ellie to the diner to fetch a hot meal that may lure Girl out of the maple tree?
(a) Lori.
(b) Peanut.
(c) Earl.
(d) Cal.

9. In what way is Frank associated with Julia?
(a) He is her defense lawyer.
(b) He is her accountant.
(c) He is her father.
(d) He is her hairstylist.

10. What is the name of the local reporter who works for the Gazette?
(a) Matt.
(b) Mort.
(c) Marlon.
(d) Mike.

11. Which organization grants Julia the status of being Alice's temporary foster parent?
(a) The U.S. Supreme Court.
(b) UNICEF.
(c) The Commission on Foster Children.
(d) DSHS.

12. The sight of what instrument in her old childhood home causes her to be "blindsided by a memory" (61) of her mother?
(a) A violin.
(b) A piano.
(c) A xylophone.
(d) A ukulele.

13. What entire novel does Julia read to Alice in Chapter 10?
(a) Tarzan.
(b) Anne of Green Gables.
(c) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(d) The Secret Garden.

14. Into what substance does Max place a sedative for Alice?
(a) Pudding.
(b) Milk.
(c) Apple juice.
(d) Yogurt.

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

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

3. When Ellie picks Julia up from the airport, she tells Julia that Peanut's children are now how old?

4. Who leads the first press conference in an attempt to discover Girl's identity?

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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