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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will say about Ellie making the track team?
(a) Ellie needs to watch her back with Stacy.
(b) Ellie will be a real asset to them.
(c) Ellie made the team because of her looks.
(d) Ellie needs to watch her back with Liz.

2. How does Ellie feel about Marco at the end of the evening?
(a) Relaxed.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Uncomfortable.

3. To what did Admiral Wagner supposedly have his friend assigned?
(a) An assignment on a battle cruiser.
(b) A cushy job at the Pentagon.
(c) A dangerous war zone.
(d) A backwater naval base in Alaska.

4. Why is Ellie chatting with Liz after school?
(a) Ellie's mother is late picking her up.
(b) Ellie and Liz are chatting after track team practice.
(c) Liz asks Ellie about her last school.
(d) Ellie notices that Liz seems to have few friends.

5. What poem does Ellie trade with someone else so she does not have to do the one assigned her?
(a) "The Lady of Shalot."
(b) "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock."
(c) "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
(d) "Sonnet 46."

6. What does Will confide to Ellie?
(a) His family is moving at the end of the school year.
(b) Things have been strange for him lately.
(c) Jennifer broke up with him a few months ago.
(d) His father is missing.

7. About what is Ellie's father writing a book?
(a) A sword.
(b) How to start your own business.
(c) Cryptograms.
(d) Antiques.

8. What does Ellie see as she opens her eyes while floating in the pool?
(a) Her mother is frowning at her.
(b) Will is standing over her.
(c) Jennifer is on the edge of the pool.
(d) A hawk is about to grab a squirrel in the oak tree.

9. How does Ellie interpret all of Will's friendly gestures?
(a) He is not that friendly to her.
(b) As nervousness.
(c) As flirting.
(d) As friendship.

10. What does Mr. Morton order Ellie to do?
(a) Make Lance write part of the report.
(b) Do the Beowulf poem and "Lady of Shalott."
(c) Meet him Monday morning.
(d) Give the verbal presentation.

11. After whom is Ellie named?
(a) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(b) Eleanor of Aquitaine.
(c) The Lady of Shalot.
(d) The Lady of Avalon.

12. What does Ellie remember as she is about to leave Will's party?
(a) She needs to thank Will's father and step mother.
(b) She needs to tell Lance about Mr. Morton.
(c) She forgot her purse.
(d) She left her sneakers by the pool.

13. Why does Ellie decide to go for a run when she gets home from school?
(a) She wants to get Will off her mind.
(b) She is hoping to lose some weight before summer.
(c) She is going to try out for the track team.
(d) She is tired of being cooped up indoors.

14. What is an extracurricular sport Liz enjoys?
(a) Track.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Basketball.

15. What does Ellie's mother quote at dinner?
(a) "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
(b) "Daffodils."
(c) "The Raven."
(d) "The Lady of Shalott."

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of songs has Will been listening to in the ravine?

2. Why is Will's father disappointed in Will?

3. Who is Nancy?

4. What does Marco invite Ellie to do the next day?

5. Who smiles at Ellie as she is walking down the hall?

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