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

2. Why do people in Rain Valley often go silent when Cal's wife Lisa is mentioned?
(a) She is a compulsive liar.
(b) She is chronically unfaithful.
(c) She has bipolar disorder.
(d) She is a kleptomaniac.

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

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

5. Which character is sent by Ellie to the diner to fetch a hot meal that may lure Girl out of the maple tree?
(a) Cal.
(b) Lori.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Earl.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are seats for how many reporters at the first press conference about Girl?

2. About how old does Ellie judge Girl to be when she spies her in the top of a tree in Chief Sealth City Park?

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

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

5. What is the only detail Ellie shares with Julia about the situation for which she needs help?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does Hannah connect the theme of secrecy to the nature of small towns?

3. What is elective mutism?

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

5. How does Ellie feel about hosting the press conference in Rain Valley?

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

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

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

9. Name one theme depicted within the epigraph of Magic Hour.

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

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