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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. Who is hugging Hollis in her drawing, End of Summer?
(a) The Mustard Woman.
(b) Steven.
(c) The Old Man.
(d) Josie.

2. What does Hollis think about the Regans one morning?
(a) If they are in Hawaii for Christmas.
(b) If they forgive her for starting that fire.
(c) If they think of her like she thinks of them.
(d) If they will punish her for staying in the Summer house.

3. What does Hollis go outside to get to decorate for Christmas in Chapter 13?
(a) Birds nests.
(b) Rose hip branches.
(c) Holly branches.
(d) Evergreen branches.

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

5. Where does Hollis go after she leaves the Regans' home?
(a) Beatrice's house.
(b) The Stucco Woman's house.
(c) Josie's house.
(d) The Lemon Lady's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Steven happier than he has been all Summer?

2. What color is the sweater that Hollis hides with the fishing pole?

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

4. What does Steven ask Hollis if she will do with him next Summer?

5. Where does Hollis ask Steven to take her as she jumps on the back of the snowmobile?

Short Essay Questions

1. What startles Hollis when she tries to fish on the riverbank?

2. What does Hollis draw for the Eighth Picture, End of Summer, when the Regans tell her they want her to be part of their family?

3. Why does Hollis not ask Josie about the green sweater now hanging in the shed but which Hollis had left at the riverbank the day she saw someone on the opposite bank?

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

5. What does Steven do and say to show that he loves Hollis as a sister when they spend some time on the mountain?

6. How does Hollis feel when she sees Old Man's Mountain as they near the summer house, and what does she say to the Old Man in her head?

7. Why does Hollis not want to think about leaving the summer house even though Josie's mental capacities are shrinking and she is homesick?

8. How does Josie's gift to Hollis try to boost Hollis' self esteem, and what does Hollis mourn for when she goes outside?

9. Describe Hollis' encounter with Steven in the woods as she is walking to make a phone call to Beatrice.

10. Describe Hollis' Twelfth Picture, A Mountain of Trouble, depicting the events of the truck accident on the mountain.

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