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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 arrives at Cordelia's house to find Katy there?
(a) Adam.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) The doctor.

2. What does not come about as Jonathan had hoped?
(a) That Katy would divorce him.
(b) Living in the country does not have the peaceful influence on Katy.
(c) That Katy would resume her music.
(d) That Katy and Cordelia would become good friends.

3. What happens in the Spring?
(a) Uncle Haskell is confined to his bed.
(b) Julie's father marries Alicia.
(c) Laura announces she is pregnant again.
(d) Aunt Cordelia dies.

4. What does Julie assume Aunt Cordelia feels?
(a) Happy that she will soon no longer be burdened with raising Julie.
(b) Sadness at the prospect of Julie leaving.
(c) Sadness about Jonathan.
(d) Excitement about having Julie for the summer months at least.

5. To what does Julie look forward?
(a) Leaving the isolation of Aunt Cordelia's farm.
(b) Spending more time with her father every day.
(c) Staying at Laura's for the summer.
(d) Living at a boarding school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julie rise early one morning?

2. How is Katy's declining health exacerbated?

3. How does the family feel about Julie's success as a writer?

4. To whom does Julie turn for advice on her new hobby?

5. What does Julie secretly think?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Julie happy the summer between her junior and senior year?

2. What do Danny and Julie figure out?

3. What happens during Alicia's meeting with Julie?

4. Why does Uncle Haskell come yelling for Aunt Cordelia one night?

5. What does Brett do in English class and how is Julie involved?

6. What does Julie discuss with Aunt Cordelia and what is the result?

7. What does Julie's family do about Julie's sadness?

8. What hobby does Julie take up in her senior year and who helps her?

9. What does Jonathan do in the small town where Aunt Cordelia lives and what do the townspeople think?

10. How does Katy respond to living in the country?

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