3. What coincides with Julie's last year of elementary school?
(a) Uncle Haskell's death.
(b) Julie's move back home.
(c) Aunt Cordelia's last year of teaching.
(d) Laura's third daughter is born.

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

5. Why is the little school where Cordelia teaches being closed?
(a) There is not enough space for all the children.
(b) So that the country children can have the benefit of an education in a city school.
(c) The building is not up to code.
(d) Because Cordelia wants to retire.

6. 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) The entire family supports her efforts and celebrates with her.
(c) They say that she'll never make a living as a writer.
(d) They tell her not to let it go to her head.

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

8. Why does Julie rise early one morning?
(a) To see the sunrise for some inspiration for writing.
(b) To make the entire family a fancy breakfast.
(c) To ride over to Danny's to show him her acceptance letter.
(d) To go tell her uncle about her success.

9. About what does Brett seem most upset?
(a) That Julie defends her aunt.
(b) That she is taking her horse with her.
(c) That Julie will no longer help him with his homework.
(d) That the other girls are talking about hiim.

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

11. What discovery appalls Julie?
(a) That Aunt Cordelia is secretly seeing Jonathan.
(b) That her dad plans to have more children with Alicia.
(c) To learn that Alicia has converted the room Julie wants into an office.
(d) That Uncle Haskell has married a Mexican woman.

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

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

14. Why does Aunt Cordelia summon Uncle Haskell to have Brett leave?
(a) She thinks it's too late to walk in the woods.
(b) She thinks Brett needs a man-to-man talk.
(c) She fears Brett's temper.
(d) She is not sure if Brett knows the woods well enough in the dark.

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