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

2. What does Mr. Regan beg Hollis to do?
(a) Return to the family.
(b) Get a good education.
(c) Take care of her teeth.
(d) Take art classes.

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

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

5. What sound does Hollis hear when she awakens the next morning?
(a) A faint buzzing sound.
(b) Josie's snoring.
(c) The garbage truck.
(d) Traffic sounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has occurred in Josie's drawing, A Mountain of Trouble?

2. In Chapter 14, Hollis says that the Christmas decorations are _______________________.

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

4. What does Hollis realize that she did not see in her drawings of the Regans?

5. What does Hollis notice still hanging on the guestroom wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does Hollis compare her worries of trying to fit into the Regan family?

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

3. What clues does Hollis have that Steven is playing Santa Claus for her and Josie in the summer house?

4. 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?

5. What gifts do Hollis and Josie give each other for Christmas?

6. Why does Hollis run away from the Regans' home after the truck accident and refuse to see any of them again?

7. What touching scene does Hollis create in her Ninth Picture, Izzy's Cake?

8. What item was Hollis sick about leaving behind when she had left the Regans' house and how does she feel when she realizes that it is still in her room?

9. How can Hollis draw her Tenth Picture, Hollis Woods, with her eyes closed?

10. How does Hollis try to distract Josie who starts to get homesick?

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