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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. Jeff saw fishing boats off in the distance, though to him they looked like ___________.
(a) Battleships
(b) Mirages
(c) Seaweed
(d) Toys

2. Melody tells Jeff that she wouldn't leave him if she thought she had to ____________ about him.
(a) Care
(b) Worry
(c) Look
(d) Think

3. Melody's boyfriend tells her to not be any more ______________ "than you can help."
(a) Intelligent
(b) Ugly
(c) Stupid
(d) Lovely

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

5. While discussing the possibility of a trip to _____________, Jeff learns about the financial troubles Melody left.
(a) Spain
(b) Germany
(c) England
(d) Florida

Short Answer Questions

1. The three women talk about the unfairness of _____________ as they continue to fill envelopes.

2. Who comes for dinner the day after Christmas to eat with Jeff and the Professor?

3. Who writes Jeff a note saying that they would be happy to see him come back for the summer?

4. When Jeff cries in his bed after Melody leaves again, he can't believe how easy he was to _____________.

5. Jeff doesn't care what's happening to him at school, because of _____________, "nothing could touch him."

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeff do in order to stay in contact with his mother, Melody, after he returns home?

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

3. Why does Jeff feel that his schooling is a waste of time and a waste of money?

4. What does Jeff do when he feels like crying in order to avoid making a scene with his father?

5. What happens after the Professor offers to buy Jeff a new guitar if he wants one?

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

7. What does the Professor do when he reads the note that was left for him from Melody?

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

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

10. What does Jeff say when Brother Thomas asks Jeff if he will go back to visit Melody the next summer?

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