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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Jonathan and Katy Eltwing move?
(a) Into a farm adjacent to Aunt Cordelia's farm.
(b) To a town about five miles from Aunt Cordelia's town.
(c) To the city nearby.
(d) Into a house about three miles from Aunt Cordelia's house.

2. What does Aunt Cordelia share with Julie?
(a) Why Uncle Haskell never marries.
(b) Some of Uncle Haskell's childhood writings.
(c) A bottle of wine to celebrate Uncle Haskell's life.
(d) Some of the sorrows from the childhood she shared with Uncle Haskell.

3. How does the family feel about Julie's success as a writer?
(a) They are happy for her but think she is wasting her time.
(b) They tell her not to let it go to her head.
(c) The entire family supports her efforts and celebrates with her.
(d) They say that she'll never make a living as a writer.

4. What were Julie and Brett's little walks normally?
(a) Time to enjoy the natural environment.
(b) Private talk time.
(c) Time for discussing school assignments.
(d) Time to kiss and hold hands.

5. What does Jonathan often have to do?
(a) Leave work to return home to console his hysterical wife.
(b) Find someone to sit with Katy.
(c) Lightly slap Katy when she is in hysterics.
(d) Give Katy calming medicine.

6. How long is it before Julie feels happy again after the breakup with Brett?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two months.
(d) Five or six months.

7. What does Brett do when he and Julie are done talking?
(a) Leaves immediately.
(b) Slaps her in anger.
(c) Tries to coerce her into walking in the woods with him.
(d) Tells her he understands.

8. Who does Brett begin to date?
(a) No one; he continues to try to get Julie to get back with him.
(b) Misty.
(c) Carlotta.
(d) Deborah.

9. Why does Jonathan sometimes call Haskell to his home?
(a) To do repair work.
(b) Because Uncle Haskell is the only person who has a calming influence on Katy.
(c) To eat some of Katy's famous Cajun cooking.
(d) To help him edit his novel.

10. Where is one of Julie's stories published?
(a) In the New Yorker.
(b) In Reader's Digest.
(c) In a university magazine.
(d) In Life.

11. Where has Chris been before the summer?
(a) In New York looking for a job.
(b) At his dad's house.
(c) College.
(d) At Laura's house.

12. About whom are rumors being said?
(a) Carlota and Jimmy.
(b) Brett and Carlotta.
(c) Carolota and Brandon.
(d) Brett and Aimlee.

13. What is Brett upset about in English class?
(a) An assignment to work in class.
(b) An assignment to memorize some poetry.
(c) That Julie speaks to another boy.
(d) An assignment on Civil Disobedience.

14. What does Julie hear people whispering?
(a) That Uncle Haskell is in trouble with the law.
(b) That Julie is too much for Aunt Cordelia to handle.
(c) That Julie's father is moving to the farm.
(d) That Aunt Cordelia is seeing Jonathan.

15. Why do Julie's friends think she is crazy for wanting to stay at Aunt Cordelia's house during high school?
(a) Because she won't have a lot of the modern conveniences.
(b) Because Aunt Cordelia will be much stricter than Julie's father.
(c) Because no young man will want to drive out there to date Julie.
(d) Because Uncle Haskell will scare off any potential suitors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katy seem to find soothing?

2. What coincides with Julie's last year of elementary school?

3. What discovery appalls Julie?

4. What amazes Jonathan about Katy and Haskell?

5. Why does Alicia want to speak to Julie after class?

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