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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 is moving to town?
(a) Jonathan Eltwing and his wife.
(b) Chris and his new wife.
(c) Julie's father and his new wife.
(d) Laura and her husband.

2. What seems ironic about Aggie in the coffin?
(a) She is clean and beautiful.
(b) It doesn't look like she is dead.
(c) She looks very intelligent.
(d) She looks like an angel from God.

3. What does Julie do as she explores her aunt's house?
(a) Tries to figure out why she is there.
(b) Sings.
(c) Cries.
(d) Remembers times when she has been there.

4. Who does Laura meet?
(a) Bill Strohmer.
(b) A man who dated their mom in high school.
(c) Julie's best friend at school.
(d) No one in particular.

5. What does Jonathan tell his wife?
(a) That Cordelia was married to his best friend, who is now deceased.
(b) That Jonathan wants a divorce.
(c) That Cordelia is the one who helps him get into college.
(d) That he is planning to start farming again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is assumed that Julie would do at this time in her life?

2. Who is Mrs. Peters?

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

4. Why is a party being thrown for Julie?

5. How does Cordelia's father squelch rumors about Jonathan and Cordelia when she is tutoring him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Aunt Cordelia upset with Julie's invitations and what does Julie do?

2. What does Julie learn about Jonathan from Laura?

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

4. What does Jonathan say about Julie and how does she feel about it?

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

6. Where does Julie end up on her first day at her aunt's house and what does her aunt do?

7. How do Laura and Julie's father feel about her time with Uncle Haskell and what do they do about it?

8. How is Julie and Aggie's relationship the rest of the school year and what happens in the summer that bothers Julie?

9. From what type of family did Jonathan come?

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

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