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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 on the small raft that gets snagged in a clump of reeds in the cove of the lake?
(a) Burl.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Frank.
(d) Gnarles.

2. Who tells Alycia's parents exactly where she has gone in Chapter 3?
(a) David.
(b) Sukey.
(c) Terry.
(d) Juicy.

3. What does Evie describe as the parents' hobby?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Boating.
(c) Painting.
(d) Bicycling.

4. What is one of the things the teenagers respect in Chapter 1?
(a) Their parents.
(b) The house itself.
(c) The animals around the house.
(d) The furniture.

5. What does Eve hear about the lake after the storm that upsets her and makes her afraid of the water?
(a) It is likely to have fires starting on it.
(b) It just keeps rising and rising.
(c) It is likely to have large human-eating snakes in it.
(d) It is a toxic soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David do to the yacht that he later feels guilty about?

2. How does Evie describe Val?

3. What is Jack's favorite book?

4. What is the system of accounting that the teenagers come up with?

5. Who does Evie kiss during a game the teenagers play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shel handcuff himself to the treehouse?

2. What does Evie wrestle with telling Jack in Part I?

3. Why is Evie surprised one of the mothers at the house gave Jack a Bible?

4. What is the provenance of the summer house, and how does Evie refer to the house?

5. Why does Evie not participate in driving the tick-ridden deer from the yard?

6. What do the parents spend most of their time doing in Part I?

7. Why do Evie and some of the other teenagers go swimming in the storm water at the parents' request?

8. How does the parents' behavior grow worse in the aftermath of the storm?

9. Why is Evie so alarmed to see what Kay does to Amy in Chapter 3?

10. What is the "magic hour" and how do the teenagers use it?

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