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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. Where is Beatrice going the next morning?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Washington.
(c) California.
(d) Maine.

2. What does Beatrice ask Hollis to do before she leaves?
(a) Take Josie's check to the bank.
(b) Take care of Josie.
(c) Feed the cat.
(d) Do the dishes.

3. Josie drives Hollis to see ____________________.
(a) the Atlantic Ocean.
(b) the Ohio River.
(c) Lake Superior.
(d) the Colorado River.

4. Who is visiting with Josie when Hollis returns home?
(a) The Mustard Woman.
(b) The Lemon Lady.
(c) Izzy.
(d) Beatrice.

5. What is Josie Cahill holding when Hollis first sees her?
(a) A leash.
(b) A knife.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A Popsicle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mustard Woman want to know when she locates Hollis and Josie?

2. Izzy had taken Hollis to the cemetery where who was buried?

3. What gift does the Old Man tell Hollis she has?

4. What do Hollis and Steven share as they rest on the mountain?

5. Where does the Regan family eat the fish that Hollis caught?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hollis' first grade teacher put a big "X" on her "W" picture?

2. What nickname does Hollis call Mr. Regan?

3. What is the premise of PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS?

4. How do Hollis and Josie avoid the Mustard Woman when she comes to Josie's to check up on Hollis?

5. When does Hollis first learn that the Regans want to adopt her, and what does she plan to do when that happens?

6. Describe Hollis' first fishing experience.

7. What does Hollis realize she will have to do in order to stay with Josie?

8. How does Hollis' concern for the fighting between the Old Man and Steven foreshadow what Hollis will feel about it later in the book?

9. What does the Old Man tell Hollis in the Fifth Picture, The Old Man, that no one has ever said to her before about herself or her art?

10. What is featured in Hollis' Third Picture, Fishing in the Delaware River?

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