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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 did Hollis take with her on her trip on the mountain?
(a) A picnic lunch.
(b) A bike.
(c) Some art supplies.
(d) A camera.

2. Hollis worries that the fights between Steven and the Old Man are because of what?
(a) The Regans' talk of divorce.
(b) Her presence in the home.
(c) Steven's drug use.
(d) The Old Man's illness.

3. Hollis remembers that Steven once said that in modern times Santa Claus would come _________________ instead of a sleigh.
(a) on a motorcycle.
(b) in a limousine.
(c) on a snowmobile.
(d) in a Hummer.

4. What has occurred in Josie's drawing, A Mountain of Trouble?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) A train wreck.
(c) A truck crash.
(d) A forest fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Hollis tell that Josie is homesick?

2. What does Hollis find hanging on the doorknob of the shed?

3. Which of the following is NOT something Hollis does when she and Josie get into the house?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Steven's response when Hollis tells him the reason why she did not want to go back to the Regans' house?

3. What does Hollis see for the very first time as she looks at her pictures from the Summer?

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

5. How does the author show that someone knows that Hollis and Josie are staying at the Summer house?

6. Describe how Hollis quickly prepares for her escape trip with Josie.

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

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