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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. It seems to Jeff that the object flying across the island is saying ______________.
(a) Get out of here
(b) Who the heck are you
(c) Just leave me alone
(d) Why are you here

2. Melody tells Jeff that Gambo has had ______________ and is very weak as a result.
(a) Cancer
(b) A broken back
(c) A stroke
(d) Surgery

3. What does Jeff do in response to the offer of a new Christmas gift, though he explains his response later?
(a) Leaves the house
(b) Gets angry
(c) Laughs
(d) Cries

4. When Jeff and his mother stop at a house where two women are sitting, what are the women doing?
(a) Stuffing envelopes
(b) Cooking a soup
(c) Typing
(d) Painting

5. Which animal impresses Jeff with its solitude as he looks out the window of the bus?
(a) Deer
(b) Heron
(c) Chicken
(d) Hawk

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff catch that the Professor does not notice to be a bad thing until something is seriously wrong?

2. What does Jeff write to Gambo after he arrives back in town from his trip with his mother?

3. Who pays for the lunch that Melody and Jeff share in a nice restaurant in town?

4. The Professor admits that Melody was often ___________ with him - first by his inability to first buy a big engagement ring and then buy a house.

5. When Melody does arrive at the airport, he is immediately stunned by her ____________ once more.

Short Essay Questions

1. What doesn't Jeff mind about waiting at the airport for his mother?

2. What is happening at the house where Melody says that she and Jeff need to stop?

3. What does Gambo remind Jeff of the next day at the breakfast table which makes Jeff feel uncomfortable?

4. What does Melody tell Jeff when they are out on their walk together?

5. What does Brother Thomas do when Jeff reveals he has not eaten dinner or breakfast?

6. What does the heron seem to be saying to Jeff as Jeff notices it flying across the island?

7. What does Jeff, a second grader, find when he arrives home from school one early March day?

8. What does Jeff do when he goes to the island for one final time in Charleston?

9. What does Jeff see as he lingers a bit on more on the island before returning to Baltimore?

10. What does Jeff do the first morning he is with his mom which ends up upsetting her?

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