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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After which meal does Julia suggest the advice-seeker start to take a particular action with Alice?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Supper.

2. Which characters are riding in the police cruiser together at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Earl and Ellie.
(b) Peanut and Ellie.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Ellie and Julia.

3. What is the last name of the man named George who appears in Chapter 21 to claim that he is a relative of Alice's?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Rakin.
(c) Manning.
(d) Azelle.

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

5. What item does Julia name as being "integral to developing a sense of self" (243)?
(a) A friend.
(b) A pet.
(c) A toy.
(d) A name.

6. In what way does Max react to the news of Alice's first uttered word in Julia's presence?
(a) He cries.
(b) He tells Julia that he had known she could help Alice.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He cheers and gives Julia a high-five.

7. What does Julia admit to Max just before he kisses her for the first time?
(a) That when Alice had spoken, the only person Julia had wanted to tell was Max.
(b) That she thinks Ellie is anxious to be rid of her.
(c) That she is afraid of losing Alice.
(d) That she knows about Max's late son.

8. What new skill does Julia NOT name as one developed by Alice when she gives the press conference in Chapter 15?
(a) She uses a toilet to relieve herself.
(b) She responds to her name.
(c) She feels sympathy for others.
(d) She eats with utensils.

9. Julia asks Max to promise that someday he will tell her more about what subject?
(a) His son.
(b) His love for her.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His parents.

10. At the end of the Chapter 12, Julia tells Alice that what element "is everything" (171)?
(a) Identity.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Trust.
(d) Hope.

11. How does the advice-seeker respond to Julia's suggestions for getting closer to Alice?
(a) With anger.
(b) With resentment.
(c) With glee.
(d) With gratitude.

12. Julia muses that she had always gained what element as a result of spending time with her mother?
(a) Courage.
(b) An analytical mind.
(c) Hope.
(d) Toughness.

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

14. What word does the narrator use in Chapter 19 to describe the changes in Alice?
(a) Stunning.
(b) Remarkable.
(c) Pleasing.
(d) Discouraging.

15. Julia comes to the conclusion that Alice has "the verbal skills of a" (230) what?
(a) A person with elective mutism.
(b) Wunderkind.
(c) A toddler.
(d) A feral child.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ellie tells Julia that everything will be okay, Julia makes a reference to which character?

2. Julia is amazed that in under two weeks, Alice learns to count up to what number?

3. Which character does Julia tell first after she decides to try to adopt Alice?

4. How does Ellie respond in Chapter 14 when Julia names a particular family member's words of comfort?

5. Celebrations of what holiday are featured within Chapters 19 and 20?

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