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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is Julie not convinced?
(a) That she still has a prominent place in Laura's life.
(b) That Laura is really that uncomfortable in her pregnancy.
(c) That Bill really cares what Julie thinks.
(d) That Bill loves Laura as much as Julie does.

2. Who does Aunt Cordelia insist Julie invite?
(a) Chris.
(b) Laura.
(c) Haskell.
(d) Aggie Kilpin.

3. What does Julie vow?
(a) To treat all fairly.
(b) To ask her aunt not to favor boys over girls.
(c) To apologize to Chris.
(d) That she will leave Aunt Cordelia's home as soon as she is old enough.

4. To what does Aunt Cordelia often treat Julie and Chris for their help?
(a) To a wiener roast or fried chicken dinners for compensation.
(b) To a movie in town.
(c) To a bedtime story.
(d) To a ride on the pony.

5. What do the children whisper?
(a) That Julie's cat attacked someone.
(b) That Julie is not going to be living there much longer.
(c) That Julie's mother is a witch.
(d) That Julie is mean.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Aggie die?

2. What does Aunt Cordelia do as Julie cleans the dishes?

3. Of what does Bill assure Julie?

4. What enlivens Mrs. Eltwing?

5. Where is Julie Trelling walking as the story opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and what do Julie and Chris discover about Uncle Haskell?

2. How does Uncle Haskell help Julie with her loneliness after Chris leaves?

3. What does Aunt Cordelia try to do for the Kilpin family and how does she feel when she returns home?

4. Who is excited about Julie's birthday party?

5. What news arrives towards the end of the summer?

6. What is announced a few weeks after the children discover Uncle Haskell's secret?

7. What do Julie and Chris do with Aunt Cordelia every day and what does she do?

8. What does Julie learn about Jonathan from Laura?

9. What do most of the people notice about Jonathan's wife?

10. How does Aunt Cordelia make her money and what else does she do?

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