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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Julie's feelings towards Alicia eventually?
(a) She warms to her and enjoys her company.
(b) She becomes competitive for her father's attention with Alicia.
(c) She becomes more hostile.
(d) She remains indifferent.

2. Where is Uncle Haskell's body found?
(a) Slumped over in a church pew.
(b) In his truck.
(c) In the water near the old creek bridge.
(d) In his bed in the carriage house.

3. After Katy's trauma in the woods where Haskell rescues her, what occurs between Katy and Haskell?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They become friends.
(c) Haskell says he wants nothing to do with Katy's eccentricities.
(d) Katy cannot bear the sight of Haskell.

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

5. 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.

6. How does Julie respond to Uncle Haskell's situation?
(a) She pretends there is nothing wrong.
(b) She decides not to bother him with her amateur hobby.
(c) She becomes despondent.
(d) She wants him to go to New York for treatment.

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

8. What does Laura's former bedroom overlook?
(a) The railroad tracks.
(b) The Hurley woods.
(c) A garden.
(d) Main street.

9. What advice does Danny offer Julie?
(a) To start applying to colleges now.
(b) To learn how to cook for the evenuality of being a wife.
(c) To go live with Laura and Bill for her senior year.
(d) To stay away from Brett.

10. What reason does Cordelia give for declining a teaching position in the school where the children will be going?
(a) She is too set in her ways to adapt to the rules of a new school system.
(b) She has to stay and care for her ill aunts.
(c) She wants to return to fulltime farming.
(d) She was planning to retire that year anyway.

11. 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.

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

13. What does Julie begin to do in her senior year?
(a) Sculpt.
(b) Play the violin.
(c) Paint.
(d) Write.

14. Why is the driver irritated with Julie?
(a) He was afraid for her to walk home alone.
(b) He has heard some mean rumors about her and Brett.
(c) She didn't tell him she was staying after school.
(d) She won't speak to him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Julie's friends think she is crazy for wanting to stay at Aunt Cordelia's house during high school?

2. To what does Julie look forward?

3. About what is Julie wondering?

4. Why does Uncle Haskell call Julie down from upstairs one evening?

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

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