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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ellie recalls which of her family members praising her singing voice?
(a) Her maternal aunt.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

2. Julia reports in Chapter 13 that how many reporters had shown up to the latest press conference about Alice?
(a) None.
(b) Dozens.
(c) A handful.
(d) Several.

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?
(a) "Why her?" (46)
(b) "I'm sorry" (46).
(c) "Forgive me" (46).
(d) "Please don't" (46).

4. Which characters are riding in the police cruiser together at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Peanut and Ellie.
(b) Earl and Ellie.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Ellie and Julia.

5. How many pounds has Ellie's best female friend gained in the few years prior to the novel's opening?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Julia recalls that at her mother's funeral, which character had "taken care of everything and everyone" (94)?

2. How does Julia's visit to Max's house one evening end in Chapter 17?

3. What verbal reaction does Alice have when she sees the one particular object that terrifies her completely?

4. Which relative of Ellie's had been the police chief in Rain Valley for three decades?

5. At the end of the Chapter 12, Julia tells Alice that what element "is everything" (171)?

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