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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. What activity does Max undertake alone each Friday night?
(a) He goes to the movies.
(b) He goes bowling.
(c) He goes for a swim.
(d) He goes for a run.

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

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

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

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 a child.
(c) The case involves abandonment.
(d) The case involves paranoid schizophrenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what substance does Max place a sedative for Alice?

2. When Julia conducts research about feral children, she finds that the most recent case had involved a child referred to by what name?

3. Which organization grants Julia the status of being Alice's temporary foster parent?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a maple tree figure into Chapter 3 and into the discovery of Girl?

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

3. What does the piano symbolize within the narrative?

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

5. Name two things the media is said to have ignored about Julia's situation.

6. What does Julia mean when she tells Max that Girl is "just like a cat" (81)?

7. How does the motif of dreams enter the narrative in Chapter 8?

8. In what way does Julia consider her mother to have been her closest ally in the family?

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

10. What is the outcome of Judge Myerson's decision regarding Julia's culpability for Amber's horrific acts?

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