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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The boyfriend tells Jeff that Melody married the Professor because she was ______________.
(a) Lonely
(b) Desperate
(c) Single
(d) Pregnant

2. What does the Professor offer to buy for Jeff if Jeff isn't happy with his Christmas gift?
(a) A plane ticket
(b) A new pair of shoes
(c) A new guitar
(d) A car

3. All the stars faded in the sky, except for one, ____________, the morning star.
(a) Saturn
(b) Orion
(c) Mars
(d) Venus

4. Who is NOT one of the groups of needy that Melody says she wants to help when she is away from the Professor and Jeff?
(a) HIV victims
(b) Orphans
(c) Hungry children
(d) Animals

5. Jeff doesn't care what's happening to him at school, because of _____________, "nothing could touch him."
(a) Herons
(b) The Professor
(c) His guitar
(d) Melody

Short Answer Questions

1. The Professor decides they need a ________________ to help them take care of Jeff and the house.

2. Who is Melody's boyfriend who comes along to help pick up Jeff at the airport?

3. Jeff has emotionally gone inside of himself, to a small ______ where he locked the memories of his day and night spent on the beach.

4. Melody tells Jeff that _________________ have killed the crabs and the herons who used to live in the marshes.

5. It seems to Jeff that the object flying across the island is saying ______________.

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