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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ellie tells Julia that which organization believes that "permanent foster care proceedings" (232) should begin for Alice soon?
(a) The NCIC.
(b) The CIA.
(c) DSHS.
(d) The FBI.

2. On what type of object is Alice sitting when Julia and Ellie finally locate her?
(a) A trash can.
(b) A bench.
(c) A tree.
(d) A blanket.

3. Ellie believes that sooner or later, Julia will return to what location?
(a) Rain Valley.
(b) California.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Maine.

4. What kind of reading material does Ellie peruse over and over in Chapter 13?
(a) Fashion magazines.
(b) Tax forms.
(c) Missing children reports.
(d) Overdue bills.

5. What word does Alice say when Julia hears her speak a word for the first time?
(a) Stay.
(b) Home.
(c) Milk.
(d) He.

6. Ellie recognizes George's full name because she associates him with what type of investigation?
(a) A rape investigation.
(b) An embezzlement investigation.
(c) A bank robbery investigation.
(d) A murder investigation.

7. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 19 to describe the changes in Julia?
(a) Surprising.
(b) Miraculous.
(c) Marked.
(d) Surreal.

8. When Julia arrives at her childhood home at the beginning of Chapter 16, who is waiting up for her?
(a) Max.
(b) Alice.
(c) Cal.
(d) Ellie.

9. Which character does Julia tell first after she decides to try to adopt Alice?
(a) Max.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Earl.
(d) Cal.

10. What is NOT one of the activities in which Julia is said to now participate more freely?
(a) Making jokes.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Crying.

11. What sound alerts Julia and Max to Ellie's imminent arrival at the place where the wolf is being held?
(a) The crunch of gravel.
(b) The thump of bass.
(c) A backfiring car.
(d) A police siren.

12. In the excerpt of Julia's notes provided in the opening passages of Chapter 18, who is the sole subject of these notes?
(a) Max.
(b) Alice.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Cal.

13. When Julia goes to find Ellie and finds her on the porch, in which character's favorite chair is Ellie sitting?
(a) Their mother's.
(b) Julia's.
(c) Cal's.
(d) Their father's.

14. How does Ellie respond in Chapter 14 when Julia names a particular family member's words of comfort?
(a) She turns and walks away.
(b) She smiles.
(c) She sighs.
(d) She laughs.

15. What activity does Ellie suggest the advice-seeker take once per day in order to build a bond with Alice?
(a) Bring Alice a blue sweater.
(b) Read Alice a story.
(c) Give Alice a bath.
(d) Bring Alice a red sweater.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who claims to have ties with Alice says that she is his what?

2. Which character asks Julia for help in getting closer to Alice?

3. What feeling does Julia take away from her conversation with Ellie near the end of Chapter 15?

4. What item does Julia name as being "integral to developing a sense of self" (243)?

5. What object terrifies Alice so severely that Julia must remove it from Alice's sight immediately?

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