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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what field had Julia's last boyfriend Philip been employed?
(a) Public relations.
(b) Science.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Journalism.

2. Who rushes into the police station to say that Ellie must come to Magnolia Street right away?
(a) Marge.
(b) Lori.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Julia.

3. How many dollars per hour is Julia said to make in her psychiatric practice?
(a) $200.
(b) $100.
(c) $75.
(d) $50.

4. What instrument had Ellie's father played?
(a) The piano.
(b) The drums.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The fiddle.

5. The narrator states that Julia's return to Rain Valley is "only the second time she'd been back since" (54) what event?
(a) Her mother's funeral.
(b) Her high school reunion.
(c) Her father's funeral.
(d) Her grandmother's funeral.

6. What is the only detail Ellie shares with Julia about the situation for which she needs help?
(a) The case involves a child.
(b) The case involves paranoid schizophrenia.
(c) The case involves abandonment.
(d) The case involves elective mutism.

7. Julia's mother, the person named as the only one who "had believed in a bright future for Julia," (50) had not lived long enough to see which milestone in Julia's life?
(a) Her graduation from high school.
(b) Her first steps.
(c) Her wedding.
(d) Her graduation from medical school.

8. Both Ellie and Julia know "that the overwhelming number of child abductions" (94) are perpetrated in what way?
(a) They are orchestrated by family members.
(b) They are associated with a ransom.
(c) They end in murder.
(d) They include sexual abuse.

9. Who brings back a tray of food for Girl from the hospital cafeteria?
(a) Peanut.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Max.
(d) Earl.

10. Which relative of Ellie's had been the police chief in Rain Valley for three decades?
(a) Her cousin Henry.
(b) Her Aunt Gertrude.
(c) Her father Henry.
(d) Her Uncle Joe.

11. To what location is Alice moved once she has been sedated?
(a) Max's office.
(b) The community center.
(c) Ellie's house.
(d) The hospital.

12. What action does Alice take the first time she sees herself in a mirror?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She punches the mirror.
(c) She hides under the bed.
(d) She cries out for Julia.

13. Julia notes that Girl "appears to be terrified of" (96) objects with what two traits?
(a) Shiny and metal.
(b) Soft and silky.
(c) High and tall.
(d) Prickly and pointy.

14. The first room in which Girl is placed had previously served as what kind of facility?
(a) A maternity ward.
(b) An occupational therapy room.
(c) A daycare.
(d) A hydrotherapy room.

15. What entire novel does Julia read to Alice in Chapter 10?
(a) Anne of Green Gables.
(b) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(c) The Secret Garden.
(d) Tarzan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lisa?

2. How many children does Cal have?

3. In what way does Julia attempt to tame Alice's hair?

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

5. On what part of Girl's body does Max find evidence of ligature marks?

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