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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hollis wonders what the Old Man would think about ________________________.
(a) her spending Christmas in his house.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) her new drawings.
(d) Josie's statues.

2. How does Josie feel while listening to the Christmas music?
(a) Sad.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Anxious.

3. What does Hollis hold to her face when it falls out of her pocket?
(a) Peppermints.
(b) Sea shell.
(c) Keys.
(d) Pinecone.

4. What does Hollis pick to use for Christmas decorations?
(a) Holly.
(b) Branches.
(c) Boxwood.
(d) Evergreens.

5. Why does Hollis leave the Regans' home the day after the accident?
(a) She wants to hitchhike to California.
(b) She thinks she has messed up the family.
(c) They think she is nothing but trouble.
(d) Another family wants to adopt her.

6. Why is the girl in Hollis' Thirteenth Picture, the Conference Room not Hollis?
(a) The girl has braces.
(b) The girl has red hair.
(c) The girl is wearing glasses.
(d) The girl is laughing.

7. Where does Hollis ask Steven to take her as she jumps on the back of the snowmobile?
(a) The phone booth at the grocery store.
(b) The art store.
(c) The airport.
(d) Back to the Summer house.

8. Hollis remembers that Steven once said that in modern times Santa Claus would come _________________ instead of a sleigh.
(a) on a motorcycle.
(b) on a snowmobile.
(c) in a limousine.
(d) in a Hummer.

9. In Chapter 14, Hollis says that the Christmas decorations are _______________________.
(a) just fine for no more time than they had to make them.
(b) more beautiful than anything Hollis has seen.
(c) not great but they'll have to do.
(d) not as much as she had wanted.

10. In her head, Hollis begs the Old Man and Izzy not to _____________________.
(a) forget about her.
(b) tell Steven she is never coming back.
(c) drive to the Coast.
(d) mind her plan to take Josie to the Summer house.

11. Hollis goes to Steven's room to look at the picture he took of Hollis _____________________.
(a) in a rowboat.
(b) lying in a hammock.
(c) climbing a tree.
(d) water skiing.

12. What does Hollis do when she sees Steven's head against the wheel of the truck after the crash?
(a) She runs down the mountain to get help.
(b) She pulls him out of the truck.
(c) She screams and faints.
(d) She does CPR on him.

13. Hollis wonders if trying to fit her into a family was like trying to _____________________.
(a) stop a thunderstorm.
(b) fit a stepsister's foot into the glass slipper.
(c) get toothpaste back into the tube.
(d) jam a puzzle piece that didn't match.

14. What does Hollis tell Josie about why they must hurry and leave for their adventure?
(a) The roads will be too snow-covered to drive safely.
(b) The Mustard Woman has called and is on her way over.
(c) Josie will be forced to live somewhere else.
(d) It is almost daylight and people will see them leaving.

15. Where did Steven go on the last day Hollis was with the family?
(a) Rollerblading.
(b) Skiing.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Horseback riding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hollis notice still hanging on the guestroom wall?

2. What does Hollis realize that she did not see in her drawings of the Regans?

3. What sound does Hollis hear as she stands outside in the cold?

4. In Hollis' drawing, Hollis Woods, Hollis feels like she is ________________.

5. Hollis dresses really warm and goes outside to _________________.

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