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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. Who does Julie rebuff with hostility?
(a) Aunt Cordelia.
(b) Aggie.
(c) Laura.
(d) Haskell.

2. When are Jonathan and his wife going to visit Cordelia's home?
(a) They probably won't because of Jonathan and Cordelia's former relationship.
(b) As soon as they are settled in.
(c) Jonathan has decided not to move back after all, so Cordelia will not see him.
(d) Saturday.

3. What do Chris and Julie do when Laura is getting married?
(a) They sneak away and don't go to the wedding.
(b) They get together and cry.
(c) They participate in the wedding.
(d) Chris is unable to come home from school so Julie is too sad to go to the wedding.

4. Why might Aunt Cordelia be looking forward to seeing Jonathan?
(a) She helped him become a famous author.
(b) She hopes he will finally pay her the money he owes her for tutoring him.
(c) He spurned her for another woman who is a shrew now.
(d) She was once in love with him.

5. What does Aunt Cordelia bring to class for Julie's birthday?
(a) A clown and candy.
(b) Ice cream and cones.
(c) Nothing because Julie behaves so badly.
(d) Two beautiful angel food cakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship is Jonathan Eltwing to Aunt Cordelia?

2. While Julie is praying at the Cathedral of Four Silver Birches, who arrives?

3. About what does Julie talk to Uncle Haskell?

4. Who comes to live at Aunt Cordelia's house with Julie?

5. What does the doctor do for Julie's screaming?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Julie meet as the novel opens and why hasn't she seen them for awhile?

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

6. What happens to Julie when Laura takes her to her room?

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

8. From what type of family did Jonathan come?

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

10. What is a drastic change in Julie's life when she is ten? How is she involved in it?

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