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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. Why does Will write Lewis a letter telling him that he is coming to visit him by coming through Lost Cove Cave?
(a) Because Lewis likes correspondence.
(b) So Lewis can find his body if he dies in the cave.
(c) Because Lewis doesn't have a telephone.
(d) So Lewis can come join him in the cave.

2. What is Allison able to do at the auto shop that surprises her?
(a) Talk to two men.
(b) Get the creepers for free.
(c) Say goodbye.
(d) Carry all of her purchases back.

3. What does Allison do after her parents leave Dr. Duk's office and come say goodbye to her?
(a) She hides in a closet.
(b) She takes out her binoculars and watches birds.
(c) She starts writing out her escape instructions.
(d) She reads a book.

4. What does Will attribute Allison's strange behavior to when he first meets her?
(a) He thinks she's foreign.
(b) He thinks she's from California.
(c) He thinks she's a mystic.
(d) He thinks she's on drugs.

5. How many cars are in the garage?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what claim to fame does Linwood, North Carolina have?

2. Who is the philosopher who inspires Will's experiment in the cave?

3. Why is it important that Allison read what is in the notebook?

4. What word does Will tell Allison that she needs to know?

5. What kind of energy does the stove require in order to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the story about the man who survives the plane crash mean to Allison?

2. What is the self-discovery that Allison makes before she goes to Linwood?

3. What kind of shady business proposition does Ewell McBee make to Will?

4. What does Allison think that she and the runner might have in common?

5. What happens when Will enters the greenhouse on his second visit?

6. When does Will realize who Allison is?

7. How does Allison get the large iron cook stove into the greenhouse?

8. Why does Will obsess over how many shots his father fired on the hunting trip they took together?

9. What does Jimmy Rogers do during the golf game to annoy Will?

10. What makes Allison feel like she needs to move quickly to get the stove into the greenhouse?

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