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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Katy tell Jonathan?
(a) That she wants to stay at Cordelia's house.
(b) That the "golden-haired man" found her, and she was no longer afraid.
(c) That she wants to play music again.
(d) That she is never going to like the country.

3. What convinces Julie to stay at Aunt Cordelia's?
(a) She and her dad seem like strangers.
(b) She and Alicia have a fight about the office.
(c) She walks in on Alicia and her father in an amorous embrace.
(d) She doesn't like to be a built-in babysitter.

4. What happens in the Spring?
(a) Laura announces she is pregnant again.
(b) Uncle Haskell is confined to his bed.
(c) Julie's father marries Alicia.
(d) Aunt Cordelia dies.

5. Why does Alicia want to speak to Julie after class?
(a) To tell her she has heard some unsavory things about Brett.
(b) To tell her she is barely making a "C" in class.
(c) To tell her that she must stop doing Brett's English papers.
(d) To ask how her English thesis is coming along.

6. What does Haskell take time to do?
(a) Make Julie a shadowbox.
(b) Drive Julie to visit Laura.
(c) Listen to Katy.
(d) Listen to Jonathan.

7. Why does Uncle Haskell need a diversion?
(a) He is dying from a brain tumor.
(b) He is dying from cirrhosis of the liver.
(c) He has been rejected by a woman he hoped to marry.
(d) He is dying from lung cancer.

8. To whom does Julie defend her relationship with Brett?
(a) The other girls.
(b) Her father, aunt, and Alicia.
(c) Her brother Chris.
(d) No one.

9. What does Haskell play for Katy?
(a) A phonograph.
(b) An old guitar.
(c) Some classical recordings.
(d) Some halting songs on the piano which Katy can no longer play.

10. What do Julie's feelings of alienation prompt her to do?
(a) Talk to Uncle Haskell.
(b) Run away to the city.
(c) Talk to Aunt Cordelia.
(d) Ask to go to a boarding school.

11. What amazes Jonathan about Katy and Haskell?
(a) That Katy normally does not allow anyone but Jonathan near her or to help her.
(b) That Katy has a calming influence on Haskell.
(c) That Haskell does not drink around Katy.
(d) That they look so much alike.

12. What does Katy seem to find soothing?
(a) Her husband's voice telling her everything is alright.
(b) Going to the church and praying for hours a day.
(c) The calm demeanor of Uncle Haskell.
(d) Julie has not met Katy again since the first dinner.

13. What does not come about as Jonathan had hoped?
(a) That Katy and Cordelia would become good friends.
(b) Living in the country does not have the peaceful influence on Katy.
(c) That Katy would divorce him.
(d) That Katy would resume her music.

14. Who else comes for a summer visit?
(a) Laura, Bill, and little Julie.
(b) Julie's other aunt.
(c) Carlotta.
(d) Alicia and Julie's dad.

15. What does Aunt Cordelia say about Julie and Uncle Haskell?
(a) That Julie must face reality about him eventually.
(b) That he is old and ready to go.
(c) It is good for Uncle Haskell to have some purpose at this point in his life.
(d) That New York would be too far for the family to care for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jonathan sometimes call Haskell to his home?

2. What does Julie hear people whispering?

3. Why does Aunt Cordelia summon Uncle Haskell to have Brett leave?

4. Where is Uncle Haskell's body found?

5. How does Julie respond to Uncle Haskell's situation?

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