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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. When Ellie tells Julia that everything will be okay, Julia makes a reference to which character?
(a) Their father.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Cal.
(d) Max.

2. How does the advice-seeker respond to Julia's suggestions for getting closer to Alice?
(a) With resentment.
(b) With gratitude.
(c) With anger.
(d) With glee.

3. To what location does Julia go after she and Ellie are done with their conversation in Chapter 14?
(a) Ellie's room.
(b) Max's house.
(c) The room she shares with Alice.
(d) Her father's favorite fishing hole.

4. What sound alerts Julia and Max to Ellie's imminent arrival at the place where the wolf is being held?
(a) The crunch of gravel.
(b) A police siren.
(c) A backfiring car.
(d) The thump of bass.

5. On what type of object is Alice sitting when Julia and Ellie finally locate her?
(a) A bench.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A trash can.
(d) A tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Julia take away from her conversation with Ellie near the end of Chapter 15?

2. Which character does Julia tell first after she decides to try to adopt Alice?

3. In what way had George been released from prison after his appeal?

4. Which characters are riding in the police cruiser together at the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. In Chapter 21, it is nearing the end of what month?

Short Essay Questions

1. What knowledge is described as "building in Julia, filling her lungs like a slow-growing case of pneumonia" (203)?

2. What had been the cause of the break-up between Julia and Philip?

3. In what ways does Julia exhibit changes in her demeanor at the same time as Alice makes rapid progress?

4. Compare Alice's feelings about Earl and Myra's house to her feelings about the church.

5. How does Ellie try to cheer up Cal's daughters on Christmas evening?

6. What does the narrator mean when describing Ellie as both happy and unhappy as a result of her reunion with Julia?

7. In what way does Ellie surprise Julia in Chapter 14 and how does Julia react to the surprise?

8. What two words does Alice think in Chapter 20 upon becoming "lost in the sea of faces and bodies" (278)?

9. What major step does Julia tell Ellie she is planning to take "the day after Christmas" (282)?

10. What is revealed to be the reason behind Alice's fear of making noise?

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