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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. Ellie recalls which of her family members praising her singing voice?
(a) Her maternal aunt.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her sister.

2. There are seats for how many reporters at the first press conference about Girl?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 50.

3. When Julia conducts research about feral children, she finds that the most recent case had involved a child referred to by what name?
(a) Mary.
(b) George.
(c) Genie.
(d) Hal.

4. What is Julia's title?
(a) Mrs.
(b) Dr.
(c) Mr.
(d) Miss.

5. The sight of what instrument in her old childhood home causes her to be "blindsided by a memory" (61) of her mother?
(a) A ukulele.
(b) A xylophone.
(c) A piano.
(d) A violin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the legal first name of Ellie's best female friend who goes by the nickname Peanut?

2. How many "white-capped volcanoes" are said to stretch "from northern Oregon to Bellingham" (50)?

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

4. Why do people in Rain Valley often go silent when Cal's wife Lisa is mentioned?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are Cal and Peanut?

4. 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?

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

6. What is elective mutism?

7. Who is Amber and what had she done prior to the novel's opening?

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

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

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

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