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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through what book does Brent look while traveling?
(a) A book on whirligigs.
(b) His high school annual.
(c) A book of poems.
(d) A book on guided imagery.

2. Who is Brent picking up for the party?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Chaz.
(d) Dex.

3. Who are the two main characters in Chapter 2?
(a) Alexandra and Brianna.
(b) Brent and Jonathan.
(c) Brent and Chaz.
(d) Alexandra and Stephanie.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what is the man doing?
(a) Walking the beach.
(b) Sweeping the street.
(c) Driving in the country.
(d) Watching the evening news.

5. Whom does the man marry?
(a) Constancia.
(b) Anna.
(c) Anita.
(d) Marguerite.

6. In Chapter 1, what commercial is on television as Brent eats dinner?
(a) Golf course vacation.
(b) Jaguar automobile.
(c) Ralph Lauren clothing.
(d) Rolex watch.

7. How does Brent celebrate his seventeenth birthday?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) Listening to music.
(c) With his parents.
(d) Not at all.

8. What is usually the subject of Brent's conversations?
(a) Sports.
(b) Girls.
(c) Cars.
(d) School.

9. Which scientist does Alexandra compare to Stephanie?
(a) Jonathan Salk.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Madame Curie.
(d) Jacques Cousteau.

10. Where are Brent's hands as Chapter 1 comes to a close?
(a) Resting lightly on his thighs.
(b) Thumping the dashboard to the music.
(c) Resting loosely on the steering wheel.
(d) Gripping the steering wheel

11. Which musical instruments come to the man's mind?
(a) A trumpet, trombone, clarinet, and drum.
(b) A harp and a violin.
(c) A guitar, keyboard, and drums.
(d) A violin, piano, cello, and flute.

12. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what time of day is it?
(a) Noon.
(b) Morning.
(c) Night.
(d) Dusk.

13. What has been on the man's mind for weeks?
(a) A robin.
(b) A shearwater bird.
(c) A seagull.
(d) Money.

14. What is written on the whirligig?
(a) An Indian prayer.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Lea Rosalie Santos Zamora.
(d) A love poem.

15. Where does Brent live immediately before moving to his current city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Minneapolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stephanie's favorite subject?

2. What does Brent consider his "interim identity?"

3. Who is Lea Zamora?

4. Which character is befriending Stephanie?

5. At the end of Chapter 2, how many winters have passed since Stephanie first saw the whirligig?

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