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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what part of a "mythic, sleeping beast" (50) are the volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest compared within the text?
(a) Its spine.
(b) Its horn.
(c) Its claws.
(d) Its jaws.

2. How many reporters are said to be "huddled on the courthouse steps" (3) as Julia approaches the side entrance?
(a) Several.
(b) Scores.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Hundreds.

3. What activity does Max undertake alone each Friday night?
(a) He goes for a run.
(b) He goes to the movies.
(c) He goes bowling.
(d) He goes for a swim.

4. Why do people in Rain Valley often go silent when Cal's wife Lisa is mentioned?
(a) She is a compulsive liar.
(b) She has bipolar disorder.
(c) She is chronically unfaithful.
(d) She is a kleptomaniac.

5. When Julia conducts research about feral children, she finds that the most recent case had involved a child referred to by what name?
(a) Genie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Hal.
(d) George.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of baby animal does Ellie see in Girl's arms when she first sees her up in the maple tree?

2. About how many parents of missing children appear at the Rain Valley police station in Chapter 9?

3. When Julia decides in the middle of the night to begin writing a book, she ends up "surrounded by balled-up yellow wads of paper," (46) all of which say only which two words?

4. When Ellie tells Julia that everything will be okay, Julia makes a reference to which character?

5. What does Ellie threaten to do to the local reporter if he publishes anything about Julia?

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