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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does Max judge Girl to be after examining her?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

2. Julia tells Ellie that she wants to turn one corner of Alice's room into a what?
(a) A sharing spot.
(b) A sanctuary.
(c) An aquarium.
(d) A forest.

3. About how old does Ellie judge Girl to be when she spies her in the top of a tree in Chief Sealth City Park?
(a) 8 or 9.
(b) 4 or 5.
(c) 6 or 7.
(d) 10 or 11.

4. To what part of a "mythic, sleeping beast" (50) are the volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest compared within the text?
(a) Its horn.
(b) Its spine.
(c) Its claws.
(d) Its jaws.

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

6. Who tells Ellie that it has been too long since someone has taken care of her?
(a) Julia.
(b) Cal.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Earl.

7. At what type of meeting did Julia's former patient Amber open fire with an automatic weapon?
(a) A school administration meeting.
(b) A church youth group meeting.
(c) A dance committee meeting.
(d) A school board meeting.

8. What does Ellie threaten to do to the local reporter if he publishes anything about Julia?
(a) Get him fired.
(b) Give him a parking ticket.
(c) Arrest him.
(d) Tell his wife.

9. The first room in which Girl is placed had previously served as what kind of facility?
(a) An occupational therapy room.
(b) A daycare.
(c) A hydrotherapy room.
(d) A maternity ward.

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

11. Julia considers herself to have grown up "in the shadow of" (50) which member of her family?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Her younger sister.
(d) Her mother.

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

13. What main emotion does the leader of the press conference feel just before the event?
(a) Anger.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Envy.
(d) Nervousness.

14. There are seats for how many reporters at the first press conference about Girl?
(a) 5.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

15. Julia's mother, the person named as the only one who "had believed in a bright future for Julia," (50) had not lived long enough to see which milestone in Julia's life?
(a) Her wedding.
(b) Her first steps.
(c) Her graduation from high school.
(d) Her graduation from medical school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Julia name as having taught her that she should avoid men who play games?

2. How many blocks in length is the town of Rain Valley?

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

4. Which relative of Ellie's had been the police chief in Rain Valley for three decades?

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

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