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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. Julia and Ellie's mother had confided in which character(s) about the deepest secrets of her marriage?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Earl.
(c) Julia.
(d) Julia and Ellie.

2. How many blocks in length is the town of Rain Valley?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. 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.

4. In what way does Julia attempt to tame Alice's hair?
(a) She braids it.
(b) She makes her wear a hat.
(c) She blow-dries it.
(d) She cuts it.

5. Who is Lisa?
(a) Cal's sister.
(b) Cal's wife.
(c) Cal's ex-wife.
(d) Cal's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Julia fills one area of Alice's bedroom with how many potted plants?

2. To what part of a "mythic, sleeping beast" (50) are the volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest compared within the text?

3. What gesture does Alice use the first time she tries to communicate with Julia?

4. Julia recalls that at her mother's funeral, which character had "taken care of everything and everyone" (94)?

5. Julia tells Ellie that she wants to turn one corner of Alice's room into a what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What action does Julia take in Chapter 10 when Girl attempts to communicate with her for the first time?

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. From whose perspective is the novel narrated when Chapter 1 opens?

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

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

10. What is elective mutism?

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