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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who leads the first press conference in an attempt to discover Girl's identity?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Earl.
(c) Julia.
(d) Cal.

3. How many pounds has Ellie's best female friend gained in the few years prior to the novel's opening?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

4. In what type of industry had Julia and Ellie's father worked?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Construction.
(c) Mining.
(d) Lumber.

5. In what way are Julia and Ellie related?
(a) Julia is Ellie's aunt.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They are second cousins.
(d) They are first cousins.

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

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

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

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

10. What is the legal first name of Ellie's best female friend who goes by the nickname Peanut?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Susan.
(d) Nancy.

11. For how long had Cal worked for Ellie full-time at the police station?
(a) 2 and a half years.
(b) 13 and a half years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 6 years.

12. Julia recalls that at her mother's funeral, which character had "taken care of everything and everyone" (94)?
(a) Peanut.
(b) Cal.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Julia.

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

14. Which character does Julia name as having taught her that she should avoid men who play games?
(a) Max.
(b) Steven.
(c) Cal.
(d) Philip.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity does Max undertake alone each Friday night?

2. What action does Alice take once she can reach her entire arm out the window in her new room?

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

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

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

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