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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. What kind of vehicles does Quilla drive?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Toyota.
(d) Ford.

2. In Trisha's dream, what does the cellar door lead to?
(a) Tom Gordon.
(b) Her brother.
(c) A wasp's nest.
(d) Total darkness.

3. What word does Trisha say over and over as she traverses the bog?
(a) Please.
(b) Yuck.
(c) Gross.
(d) Help.

4. What object blocks Trisha's path when she first gets lost?
(a) A creek.
(b) A fallen tree.
(c) A broken fence.
(d) A boulder.

5. Where does Pete go to school?
(a) Sanford Middle School.
(b) Henderson Elementary.
(c) Duke University.
(d) George Washington High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trisha imagine herself landing on if she had fallen off the cliff?

2. What time does the Red Sox game start according to an ad Trisha hears on the radio?

3. What do Quilla and Larry do while Trisha drifts off to sleep?

4. How does Trisha think her mother will describe her to people?

5. What is Trisha's doll named?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trisha end up at the edge of a cliff?

2. Describe Trisha's vision of herself dying.

3. Why do the police begin to look for a man named Mazzerole?

4. What is Trisha's plan for getting back on track when she first gets lost?

5. Why does Trisha not eat a large clump of fiddleheads that she sees?

6. What does Trisha think her mom will do when she realizes she's missing?

7. Why does Trisha refuse to drink from the stream at first?

8. According to the Tom Gordon in Trisha's imagination, what is the secret to closing?

9. Describe what Trisha sees when the first stream she follows narrows?

10. Why does Trisha begin to think she will not live through the night in Chapter 7?

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