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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Henry’s ex-wife want him to buy for a five-year-old Elise the first time she reached out to him?
(a) Plane tickets to visit him.
(b) School clothes.
(c) A half-million dollar cello.
(d) New shoes.

2. What does Alison tell Jamie he smells like after she kisses his fingertips by the courthouse?
(a) Fish.
(b) Feces.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Sweat.

3. Who does Nam awake to find standing outside his bedroom door?
(a) His mother.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His friend.
(d) His father.

4. How old was Olivia when she and Henry first met and she modeled for him?
(a) 21.
(b) 25.
(c) 17.
(d) 30.

5. When Jamie asks if Alison is dating Dory, what does she tell him she thinks Dory might be?
(a) In love with Lester.
(b) Slow.
(c) Going out with Tammie.
(d) Gay.

6. Who did Hernando kill after he and Ron had been taken away during a football game?
(a) A judge.
(b) A prominent drug dealer.
(c) A police officer.
(d) El Padre.

7. Who does Nam’s father ask about as they walk to the river?
(a) Nam’s mother.
(b) Nam’s girlfriend.
(c) Nam’s brother.
(d) Nam’s teacher.

8. Who does the main character think of spending time in the bath with at the beginning of “Meeting Elise”?
(a) Olvina.
(b) Alicia.
(c) Olivia.
(d) Olive.

9. Which member of the group urges the narrator to help them with the with their “business on behalf of Luis” (30)?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Pedro.

10. Who is Jamie’s friend who tells stories of his travels and wears a necklace that he says belonged to his dead girlfriend?
(a) Cale.
(b) Jack.
(c) Colin.
(d) Lester.

11. Where does Jamie’s father say their family needs to move to for the sake of their mother’s health?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Cairns.
(c) Melbourne.
(d) Maroomba.

12. What was Jamie’s father’s occupation when they first moved to Halflead Bay?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Mechanic.

13. What was Jamie’s mother’s occupation when they first moved to Halflead Bay?
(a) Writer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Musician.
(d) Painter.

14. How does Alison react when Dory is beating Jamie up?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She cannot watch.
(c) She tells at Dory to stop.
(d) She tries to help Jamie.

15. What does Henry say to his dead ex Olivia at the end of “Meeting Elise”?
(a) I’m coming.
(b) I love you.
(c) I can’t do this without you.
(d) I miss you.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was found near Dory and his uncle’s house that gives Jamie a chill to think of when talking with Alison?

2. After telling him they will not be selling the house, what does Jamie’s dad tell Jamie he cannot do this summer?

3. What name does the narrator go by as explained in the middle of the story Cartagena?

4. What does Jamie get praised for in the school auditorium at the beginning of “Halflead Bay”?

5. What does Cale tell Jamie was the real reason he left home?

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