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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. After which meal does Julia suggest the advice-seeker start to take a particular action with Alice?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Supper.
(d) Lunch.

2. What verbal reaction does Alice have when she sees the one particular object that terrifies her completely?
(a) She moans.
(b) She howls.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She screams.

3. Julia asks Max to promise that someday he will tell her more about what subject?
(a) His parents.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His son.
(d) His love for her.

4. Which character asks Julia for help in getting closer to Alice?
(a) Cal.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Max.

5. What is NOT one of the activities in which Julia is said to now participate more freely?
(a) Crying.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Making jokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Outside of what location does Alice become separated from Julia?

2. What instruction had Julia been giving to Alice when Alice had taken some action against Julia?

3. What kind of enclosure is used to hold the wolf?

4. Julia is amazed that in under two weeks, Alice learns to count up to what number?

5. What mental phrase does Alice use to describe speech?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Give an example of Alice's newfound expression of her personality.

3. For what reason does Julia accept Max's invitation to ride on the back of his motorcycle?

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

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

6. What hypothesis does Julia form about Alice's early childhood and why does she form it?

7. What reason does Cal give when Ellie notices his rare sense of melancholy on the evening of Christmas day?

8. What prompts Julia to leave Max's house in Chapter 17?

9. What coping mechanisms does Max use to cope with his dark mood on Christmas day?

10. What triumph does Julia report to Max when she goes to visit him in Chapter 17?

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