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

2. The man who claims to have ties with Alice says that she is his what?
(a) His niece.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His sister.

3. To whom is Alice referring when the narration from her perspective describes a certain person as "Sun Hair" (165)?
(a) Peanut.
(b) Julia.
(c) Max.
(d) Ellie.

4. For what length of time has Julia been working with Alice when she holds another press conference in Chapter 15?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

5. What does Julia admit to Max just before he kisses her for the first time?
(a) That when Alice had spoken, the only person Julia had wanted to tell was Max.
(b) That she knows about Max's late son.
(c) That she is afraid of losing Alice.
(d) That she thinks Ellie is anxious to be rid of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a conversation with Ellie in Chapter 16, Julia realizes that she has taken what action without realizing it?

2. How does Max react to Julia's decision to leave his house at the end of Chapter 17?

3. On whose property is Alice's wolf friend being kept?

4. Each time Julia thinks about the first word Alice had uttered in her presence, she feels a shiver of what?

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

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

4. What does Ellie's choice of porch chair in Chapter 13 tell Julia about her state of mind?

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

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

7. To what object does Alice object so strongly that Julia must throw it into the hallway in order to get Alice to calm down?

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

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

10. What common ground do Ellie and Julia find in Chapter 12?

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