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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josie give to Hollis for Christmas?
(a) A wood carving of a Christmas tree.
(b) Strings of cranberries for the tree.
(c) A tin of Izzy's hard candies.
(d) Popcorn balls.

2. Where does Hollis hide her fishing pole?
(a) In the shed.
(b) Under a log.
(c) Behind a tree.
(d) In the holly bushes.

3. What does Hollis realize that she did not see in her drawings of the Regans?
(a) How funny Steven is.
(b) How they seem so lonely.
(c) How much the Old Man loves Steven.
(d) How beautiful Izzy is.

4. What does Hollis say when Josie gives her the wooden figure she carved of Hollis?
(a) It doesn't look like a mountain of trouble.
(b) It's the best gift she ever got.
(c) It is smaller than she thought it would be.
(d) It still needs a little work.

5. What sound does Hollis hear as she stands outside in the cold?
(a) A motorboat.
(b) A snowmobile.
(c) A motorcycle.
(d) A chain saw.

6. Who is the social worker who tries to reconnect Hollis with the Regans?
(a) Eva.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Emmy.

7. What had Steven been bringing to the Summer house?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Food.
(c) Logs.
(d) Candles.

8. What does Hollis want to announce from the top of the mountain?
(a) That there is a new Hollis.
(b) That she wants to know her biological mother.
(c) That she is in love.
(d) That she is happy to be alive.

9. Hollis recalls Beatrice saying that ____________ is a language one has to learn to speak.
(a) humor.
(b) love.
(c) courtesy.
(d) art.

10. What is written on the cake shown in Hollis' drawing, Izzy's Cake?
(a) You're one of us now.
(b) The daughter we never had.
(c) Welcome Hollis Regan.
(d) Welcome to the family, Holly.

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

12. Hollis worries that the fights between Steven and the Old Man are because of what?
(a) Steven's drug use.
(b) The Regans' talk of divorce.
(c) The Old Man's illness.
(d) Her presence in the home.

13. How can Hollis tell that Josie is homesick?
(a) Her eyes tear up while singing carols.
(b) She talks about Beatrice.
(c) She stares out the window a long time.
(d) She sighs heavily.

14. How did Steven know Hollis was at the Summer house?
(a) He had come to the house for a quiet place to write and saw her.
(b) He had remembered the promise they made before she left.
(c) The Regans knew she had disappeared and he knew she loved that house.
(d) He saw her when he had come to check the water pipes.

15. What does Steven ask Hollis if she will do with him next Summer?
(a) Climb the mountain.
(b) Go fishing with him.
(c) Fix the old truck.
(d) Teach him to water ski.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Hollis does when she and Josie get into the house?

2. Why does Hollis refuse to go home with Mr. Regan?

3. What do Hollis and Josie decide to do while listening to Christmas carols on the radio?

4. Why is the girl in Hollis' Thirteenth Picture, the Conference Room not Hollis?

5. Who is hugging Hollis in her drawing, End of Summer?

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