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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. Into what substance does Max place a sedative for Alice?
(a) Milk.
(b) Yogurt.
(c) Apple juice.
(d) Pudding.

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

3. On what part of Girl's body does Max find evidence of ligature marks?
(a) Her chest.
(b) Her neck.
(c) Her ankles.
(d) Her back.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only detail Ellie shares with Julia about the situation for which she needs help?

2. 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?

3. Julia and Ellie's mother had confided in which character(s) about the deepest secrets of her marriage?

4. Who radios Ellie to tell her to come to Chief Sealth City Park once she reaches Magnolia Street and sees nothing?

5. What main emotion does the leader of the press conference feel just before the event?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the theme of hope enter the narrative in relation to Julia's position as a psychiatrist?

2. Describe the violent encounter that occurs between Julia and Girl in Chapter 5.

3. How does a maple tree figure into Chapter 3 and into the discovery of Girl?

4. What is the outcome of Judge Myerson's decision regarding Julia's culpability for Amber's horrific acts?

5. What coping mechanism does Julia use to deal with the feelings evoked by seeing her ballerina music box in her childhood room?

6. What shift in narration occurs between Chapters 1 and 2?

7. What is elective mutism?

8. What aspect of Max's character does Julia admit to being seduced by at the end of Chapter 11?

9. How is the theme of isolation linked to a particular character within the narrative?

10. What kinds of objects terrify Girl and how do Julia, Ellie, Peanut and Max address the problem when they move Girl to Ellie's house?

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