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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what substance does Max place a sedative for Alice?
(a) Milk.
(b) Apple juice.
(c) Yogurt.
(d) Pudding.

2. In what way is Frank associated with Julia?
(a) He is her hairstylist.
(b) He is her accountant.
(c) He is her defense lawyer.
(d) He is her father.

3. In what state does Julia live when the narrative first begins?
(a) New York.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Washington.
(d) California.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long had Cal worked for Ellie full-time at the police station?

2. What is Julia's title?

3. What breed are Ellie's two ill-behaved dogs?

4. What vow does Julia make to Girl on the night she researches the subject of feral children?

5. What objects does Julia scrape against the floor, greatly frightening Alice in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What coping mechanism does Julia use to deal with the feelings evoked by seeing her ballerina music box in her childhood room?

2. What kinds of objects terrify Girl and how do Julia, Ellie, Peanut and Max address the problem when they move Girl to Ellie's house?

3. What shift in narration occurs between Chapters 1 and 2?

4. Provide an example of Julia feeling rejected by her father in her youth.

5. Who are Cal and Peanut?

6. What is the goal of the press conference held in Pine Valley in Chapter 6?

7. In what way does the theme of hope enter the narrative in relation to Julia's position as a psychiatrist?

8. How is the theme of isolation linked to a particular character within the narrative?

9. What aspect of Max's character does Julia admit to being seduced by at the end of Chapter 11?

10. What does the piano symbolize within the narrative?

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