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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. When does Julie feel close to her mother again?
(a) When her uncle takes her around to see places her mother loved.
(b) When she and her aunt look at photo albums.
(c) When her sister and father come to visit.
(d) When she prays at night.

2. While Julie is praying at the Cathedral of Four Silver Birches, who arrives?
(a) Uncle Haskell.
(b) Aunt Cordelia.
(c) Chris.
(d) Laura.

3. Why does Julie's dad try to keep her away from Haskell?
(a) Because he is jealous of Haskell's closeness with Julie.
(b) Because he's an alcoholic.
(c) Because he has never liked the man.
(d) Because of his made-up stories.

4. Why do the kids run off before they see what their uncle is doing?
(a) He shames them into running off.
(b) They hear their friends calling them.
(c) They hear their aunt Cordelia calling them for dinner.
(d) It's time to go to the schoolroom.

5. What role does Aunt Cordelia now play in Julie's life?
(a) Guardian and schoolteacher.
(b) Disciplinarian.
(c) None.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julie's aunt do when she finds Julie hiding?

2. What is odd about Mrs. Eltwing?

3. What does Julie do with her party invitations?

4. Who is Adam?

5. What does Julie do as she and Aunt Cordelia are talking?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is Julie when she awakens?

3. What does Julie do when she hears the children say she will be going away and why?

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

5. What did the townspeople think of Aunt Cordelia tutoring Jonathan?

6. From what type of family did Jonathan come?

7. Why does Julie feel vulnerable when she gets up after her mother's funeral?

8. What challenges Aunt Cordelia most about teaching and what does she encourage Julie and the other girls to do? How do they feel about it?

9. What can Aunt Cordelia be counted on for and how does Julie feel towards her?

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

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