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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Dave.
(c) Earl.
(d) Cal.

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

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

5. What is the only detail Ellie shares with Julia about the situation for which she needs help?
(a) The case involves abandonment.
(b) The case involves paranoid schizophrenia.
(c) The case involves a child.
(d) The case involves elective mutism.

6. 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) "Why her?" (46)
(c) "Forgive me" (46).
(d) "I'm sorry" (46).

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

8. Who is Lisa?
(a) Cal's sister.
(b) Cal's wife.
(c) Cal's daughter.
(d) Cal's ex-wife.

9. 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.

10. Julia fills one area of Alice's bedroom with how many potted plants?
(a) About a dozen.
(b) 50.
(c) 5.
(d) About a score.

11. 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 graduation from medical school.
(b) Her wedding.
(c) Her graduation from high school.
(d) Her first steps.

12. Ellie tells Girl that Julia had first stated her plan to become a doctor when she was how old?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Julia tells Ellie that she wants to turn one corner of Alice's room into a what?

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

3. In what way are Julia and Ellie related?

4. Ellie says that until the arrival of Girl, her most difficult policing job involved what activity?

5. How many reporters are said to be "huddled on the courthouse steps" (3) as Julia approaches the side entrance?

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