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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the girl that Jeff meets when he is playing his guitar, though she leaves abruptly the first time?
(a) Julie Rosen
(b) Janice Proeson
(c) Dicey Tillerman
(d) Abgail Tillerman

2. Melody asks if they can put everything behind them and Jeff says that he ______________.
(a) Never will
(b) Isn't sure
(c) Already has
(d) Thinks that's not fair

3. Jeff realizes that Dicey is as private and solitary in her grief as _____________.
(a) Melody
(b) He is
(c) The Professor
(d) Brother Thomas

4. There is something about the girl Jeff meets that reminds him of his island in _______________.
(a) South Carolina
(b) North Carolina
(c) Maryland
(d) Maine

5. Who does Jeff invite out on his boat once school finally lets out for the year?
(a) Phil Milson
(b) Peter Smith
(c) Andy Barrows
(d) Brother Thomas

6. ____________ tells Jeff that Dicey and her siblings traveled alone to their home when their mother was put into a mental hospital.
(a) Maybeth
(b) Dicey
(c) Wilhemina
(d) Andy

7. Dicey asks Jeff to go _____________ and he almost says no, but accepts and is glad that he did.
(a) To the bar
(b) Sailing
(c) To her room
(d) To the prom

8. Jeff realizes that the only thing the Professor wants for him is for Jeff to be ______________.
(a) Worried
(b) Happy
(c) Outgoing
(d) Perfect

9. What did Jeff do in Charleston on his last day so that no one else could have it?
(a) Burn the house
(b) Sank the boat
(c) Broke his guitar
(d) Hid his diary

10. Jeff realizes that ______________ is feeling bleak and hopeless during that summer.
(a) James
(b) The Professor
(c) Brother Thomas
(d) Dicey

11. Where does Jeff begin to hang out in order to spend more time with Dicey?
(a) Arcade
(b) Music store
(c) Grocery store
(d) Movies

12. What does Jeff decide to invite Brother Thomas to do in order to make him feel better?
(a) Go to a concert
(b) Play a song for him
(c) Invite him to live with them
(d) Go crabbing

13. What does Jeff begin to do as it's the only thing which reminds him of the excitement he felt at the beach?
(a) Play his guitar
(b) Shoplifts
(c) Steal cars
(d) Ride roller coasters

14. All winter, Phil and Andy talk and worry about ________________, but Jeff avoids the subject.
(a) Money
(b) Girls
(c) Grades
(d) College

15. Brother Thomas sends Jeff ____________ about his father from national magazines and papers.
(a) Articles
(b) Emails
(c) Phone conversations
(d) Music

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jeff surprised to find on his report card, though his father is not?

2. The lawyer tells Jeff that Gambo had decided that the ______________ descendant should inherit her estate.

3. Where do Jeff and the Professor decide to talk when they are ready to talk?

4. When Dicey becomes angry with Jeff, he begins to feel the same way he felt when ____________ was angry with him.

5. Sammy tells Jeff that Sammy's mother was more than just one _______________.

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