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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hollis see in the shed that makes her cringe?
(a) Her water skis.
(b) Steven's motorbike.
(c) Her fishing pole.
(d) The wrecked truck.

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

3. How does Hollis gain entrance into the Regans' Summer house?
(a) She has a key.
(b) She breaks a window.
(c) She broke the lock on the door.
(d) She has the code number.

4. What color is the sweater that Hollis hides with the fishing pole?
(a) Tan.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

5. What does Hollis retrieve from the shed for Josie to use?
(a) Fishing pole.
(b) A sled.
(c) Sandpaper.
(d) Boots.

6. Where had Izzy and the Old Man gone on the last day Hollis was with the family?
(a) Furniture shopping.
(b) A wedding.
(c) Antique shopping.
(d) New car shopping.

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

8. Josie says that she wishes Hollis could ______________________.
(a) take her back home.
(b) see herself like Josie sees her.
(c) learn to drive.
(d) call Beatrice.

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

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

11. What does Hollis find hanging on the doorknob of the shed?
(a) A camera strap.
(b) A bag of groceries.
(c) A little wreath.
(d) Steven's sweater.

12. 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) mind her plan to take Josie to the Summer house.
(d) drive to the Coast.

13. Who does Hollis meet as she is walking to town to call Beatrice?
(a) Izzy.
(b) Steven.
(c) Emmy.
(d) Beatrice.

14. In Hollis' drawing, Hollis Woods, Hollis feels like she is ________________.
(a) suspended.
(b) sinking.
(c) spinning.
(d) floating.

15. What happens to Josie when she ventures outside?
(a) She falls on the steps.
(b) She slips on ice.
(c) She gets bewildered.
(d) She is hit by an icicle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hollis know that she must call Beatrice?

2. What makes Josie sad on Christmas?

3. Who tells Hollis to calm down in her mind?

4. What is Hollis pleased to find in her bedroom of the Summer house?

5. Hollis recalls Beatrice saying that ____________ is a language one has to learn to speak.

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