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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 is the name of the main character in “Meeting Elise”?
(a) Henry Lee.
(b) Lee Henry.
(c) Henry Luff.
(d) Olivia Luff.

2. What does Nam find his father has done to his story by the river?
(a) Read it.
(b) Thrown it in the river.
(c) Burned it.
(d) Sold it.

3. What does Cale tell Jamie was the real reason he left home?
(a) His mother died.
(b) His girlfriend dumped him.
(c) His parents kicked him out.
(d) His father beat him.

4. How old is Ron in Cartagena?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 25.

5. Where will Jamie and Cale work together during summer vacation?
(a) The fish plant.
(b) His father’s workshop.
(c) The local diner.
(d) Maroomba.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stories has Nam written in the year he has spent at the writing workshop?

2. Who does Dory hit, possibly accidentally, when he comes to save Jamie from his fight with Dory?

3. Who is Jamie’s friend who tells stories of his travels and wears a necklace that he says belonged to his dead girlfriend?

4. What do some of Nam’s friends suggest he write because it is “hot” (9)?

5. Why is the window in Claudia’s house missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ron get involved with El Padre?

2. How does Luis and the group treat their target after they find him in his neighborhood eating a donut?

3. What does Henry thinks when he sees Elise perform and spots her outside after the concert?

4. What does Nam find out about his father’s past when he gets drunk at a party in Melbourne and tells his friends his story?

5. What does Linda say about Nam’s story after she reads it in the coffee shop?

6. How does Nam’s father treat the homeless man he finds by the river?

7. Why does Jamie’s father think they need to move to Maroomba and how does he ask Jamie and his brother to help make it happen?

8. Who is Alison Fischer and what is her relationship with Jamie?

9. What does El Padre tell Ron happened to Hernando after he failed to assassinate him?

10. Where does Henry go to meet his daughter Elise and her fiancé before the concert and what happens there?

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