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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Aggie die?
(a) The morning after Julie visits her.
(b) She miraculously recovers.
(c) It takes her another week to die.
(d) She nevers gets fully well but lives another couple years.

2. What does Julie do with the pink note cards Alicia Allison sends her?
(a) She prepares them with addresses to write thank you notes.
(b) She safely stows them in her trunk.
(c) She writes each invitation in perfect penmanship.
(d) She draws pictures on each one.

3. What does Uncle Haskell applaud?
(a) Julie's drawings.
(b) Jonathan's last book.
(c) Cordelia's excellent meal.
(d) Mrs. Eltwing for her talents.

4. Why does Julie scream?
(a) She just saw her dog hit by a car.
(b) She hates the children.
(c) She just stepped on a dead mouse.
(d) She cannot stand any more changes.

5. That summer, what is happening to Aggie?
(a) She is dying from an infected cut.
(b) She is moving to another city.
(c) She is being sent to an asylum for the insane.
(d) She is getting married.

6. Why does Julie's dad try to keep her away from Haskell?
(a) Because he is jealous of Haskell's closeness with Julie.
(b) Because he has never liked the man.
(c) Because he's an alcoholic.
(d) Because of his made-up stories.

7. What sort of signs does Annie exhibit?
(a) Signs of undernourishment and mistreatment with no social skills.
(b) Signs of physical abuse.
(c) Signs of dying.
(d) Signs of understanding more than she lets on.

8. Why might Aunt Cordelia be looking forward to seeing Jonathan?
(a) He spurned her for another woman who is a shrew now.
(b) She hopes he will finally pay her the money he owes her for tutoring him.
(c) She helped him become a famous author.
(d) She was once in love with him.

9. Who does Laura meet?
(a) Julie's best friend at school.
(b) Bill Strohmer.
(c) A man who dated their mom in high school.
(d) No one in particular.

10. Why does Julie feel vulnerable?
(a) She has a cast on her right leg.
(b) She is in a different place alone among strangers.
(c) She has to use crutches to walk.
(d) Her dog who always makes her feel safe is not with her.

11. When Julie hits Chris for kissing her and gives him a black eye, what is Aunt Cordelia's response?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She sends both to different corners for time out.
(c) She tells Julie it is good to learn to defend herself.
(d) She says that the crime of a small kiss does not seem to warrant such a harsh punishment as a swollen eye.

12. When are Jonathan and his wife going to visit Cordelia's home?
(a) They probably won't because of Jonathan and Cordelia's former relationship.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Jonathan has decided not to move back after all, so Cordelia will not see him.
(d) As soon as they are settled in.

13. When did Julie last play with these children?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) Three years ago.

14. Who does Jonathan think Julie closely resembles?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) No one in the family.

15. What impact does this hostility have on the person in question #65?
(a) The person confronts Julie about it.
(b) The person just shrugs it off.
(c) The person does not speak to Julie for the rest of the school year.
(d) The person goes and buries another bottle of whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ironically, who in addition to others, blames Aunt Cordelia for Julie not having a party?

2. Where do Julie and Carlotta take some gladiolas?

3. What does Julie do with her party invitations?

4. Who is Mrs. Peters?

5. What enlivens Mrs. Eltwing?

(see the answer keys)

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