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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Jane have?
(a) She is a teacher for the San Diego school system.
(b) She is a nurse for the San Diego school system.
(c) She is a principal for the San Diego school system.
(d) She is a speech pathologist for the San Diego school system.

2. While he waits in his hotel room, about what does he think?
(a) The waitress.
(b) Whales.
(c) His work.
(d) His family.

3. What does Jane find when they reach Jake's?
(a) A flight museum that has many planes on display.
(b) A museum.
(c) A diner.
(d) An airfield where pilot Jake offers flights over the canyons.

4. What does Jane do when she spots Joley?
(a) She walks over to him.
(b) She runs the other way.
(c) She runs to him.
(d) She waves at him.

5. Does Elkezer want to report the accident to insurance?
(a) Not at first.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

6. Why will Oliver not be at Rebecca's fifteenth birthday?
(a) He is being forced to work.
(b) He does not want to be there.
(c) He will be in China.
(d) He has committed to a whale watching expedition off the coast of South America.

7. The morning after having sex with Joellen, Sam stands near the barn thinking about what?
(a) Whether or not he likes Joellen.
(b) What he should get done today.
(c) His methods to minimize the pesticides on his farm.
(d) Why he had sex with Joellen.

8. How does Jane feel when Oliver stops having sex with her?
(a) She is not worried.
(b) She is relieved that he is leaving her alone.
(c) She is afraid he is going to break up with her.
(d) She is angry that he will not do what she wants.

9. When Sam repairs the gramophone, what kind of music does it play?
(a) Oldies.
(b) Garbled Madonna music.
(c) Swing music.
(d) Rap.

10. Why is the crash site not cleared for farming?
(a) It will expensive to clear the wreckage.
(b) The ground beneath the crash is dead.
(c) They are not done surveying the crash.
(d) No one is willing to move the wreckage.

11. In his first letter to Jane, about what does Joley write?
(a) Her problems.
(b) His life.
(c) His family.
(d) Their childhood trip to the circus.

12. Sam, Hadley and Joley's rule is that the one who does what gets out of paying the tab?
(a) Tells the stupidest joke.
(b) Flirts with the waitress.
(c) Dances on the table.
(d) Performs a stupid stunt.

13. With whom is Elkezer in the photograph that Jane and Rebecca notice?
(a) Jumbo the Elephant.
(b) Oliver.
(c) A clown.
(d) A whale.

14. What does Sam use to maintain a more natural environment?
(a) Insects and bacteria to kill pests.
(b) Organic growing techniques.
(c) Sheep and pesticides with lower toxicity.
(d) No power tools.

15. In his second letter to Jane, about what does Joley write?
(a) His memories when he was nine and Jane was thirteen and he would sneak into her room at night while their parents fought.
(b) His memories of when he and Jane were teenagers.
(c) His memories of their trip last summer.
(d) His memories of school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jane long to be?

2. What happens the same week as the neighbor's house fire?

3. What does Rebecca do to stay warm?

4. Where does Oliver's car run out of gas?

5. Where does Rebecca recall tagging along with her mother after the plane crash?

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