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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. 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) George.
(c) Hal.
(d) Mary.

2. What vow does Julia make to Girl on the night she researches the subject of feral children?
(a) Not to let anyone hurt her again.
(b) Not to allow the media to exploit her.
(c) To keep working with her until she says her own name.
(d) Not to give up until she finds her parents.

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

4. Which character is sent by Ellie to the diner to fetch a hot meal that may lure Girl out of the maple tree?
(a) Lori.
(b) Earl.
(c) Cal.
(d) Peanut.

5. There are seats for how many reporters at the first press conference about Girl?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Julia tells Ellie that the first thing she needs to acquire in order to help Girl is what?

2. Ellie says that until the arrival of Girl, her most difficult policing job involved what activity?

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

4. How many blocks in length is the town of Rain Valley?

5. Julia tells Ellie that she wants to turn one corner of Alice's room into a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is elective mutism?

2. What does Julia mean when she tells Max that Girl is "just like a cat" (81)?

3. Who are Cal and Peanut?

4. 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?

5. How does the motif of dreams enter the narrative in Chapter 8?

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

7. How does Ellie feel about hosting the press conference in Rain Valley?

8. What action does Julia take in Chapter 10 when Girl attempts to communicate with her for the first time?

9. From whose perspective is the novel narrated when Chapter 1 opens?

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

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