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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. What does the Mustard Woman want to know when she locates Hollis and Josie?
(a) What Josie's income is.
(b) If Josie has signed the legal documents.
(c) Why Hollis isn't in school.
(d) How Hollis likes living at Josie's.

2. What name does Hollis call Mr. Regan?
(a) Mr.
(b) Old Man.
(c) Sir.
(d) Dude.

3. What is Hollis drawing when the Old Man comes out on the porch?
(a) Izzy's garden.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) The Delaware River.
(d) Two birds.

4. Who is Josie's cousin who meets Josie and Hollis at the movies?
(a) Lynette.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Giselle.
(d) Doris.

5. Who is driving the truck in the Sixth Picture, Driving the Truck?
(a) Steven.
(b) Josie.
(c) Hollis.
(d) Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Josie call her car?

2. What does Hollis put in her jacket pocket for good luck?

3. Who does Hollis see in her mind when she closes her eyes?

4. What did Beatrice teach for 40 years?

5. What is the usual style of communication the Old Man uses with Steven?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hollis first meet Steven?

2. What does Hollis' desire to go back to the day she met Steven and the Old Man mean/

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

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

5. Describe Hollis' first fishing experience.

6. How is Hollis preoccupied with the Regans even while she is living with Josie?

7. What does Hollis tell the Old Man about where she was left as an infant and how does Hollis try to picture the place in her mind?

8. What event is depicted in Hollis' Sixth Picture, Driving the Truck?

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

10. Why does Hollis try not to think about her "W" picture while staying with Josie?

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