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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. Hollis paints a picture of _________________ as she and Josie wait for Beatrice to arrive?
(a) a deer.
(b) a boat and its captain.
(c) a garden.
(d) a city street.

2. Who is Steven's mother?
(a) Lena.
(b) Izzy.
(c) Ava.
(d) Zoe.

3. What is Josie working on in Chapter 5?
(a) A marble sculpture.
(b) The wooden figure of Hollis.
(c) A watercolor.
(d) A tile mosaic table.

4. What does Josie say she will make for Hollis if Hollis stays?
(a) A dress.
(b) A new bedspread.
(c) Chocolate chip cookies.
(d) A carved wood figure.

5. What does Beatrice ask Hollis to do before she leaves?
(a) Take Josie's check to the bank.
(b) Take care of Josie.
(c) Feed the cat.
(d) Do the dishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hollis going to have lunch with the woman in #79?

2. How much does Hollis earn scrubbing fish at the canal?

3. Who is the social worker who wants to place Hollis at the Regan home?

4. What vehicle is Steven working on while Hollis paints Old Man's Mountain?

5. Hollis thinks that one day she will build a house ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Hollis first learn that the Regans want to adopt her, and what does she plan to do when that happens?

2. Why does Hollis have a difficult time trying to draw a picture of Steven playing checkers with her on the day they met?

3. What is featured in Hollis' Third Picture, Fishing in the Delaware River?

4. How is Hollis preoccupied with the Regans even while she is living with Josie?

5. What role does Steven play in Hollis' life in Chapter 1?

6. How does Hollis first meet Steven?

7. How does Hollis' concern for the fighting between the Old Man and Steven foreshadow what Hollis will feel about it later in the book?

8. What dream is Beatrice about to realize and what does Hollis do diligently to show that she wants to stay with Josie?

9. How is Hollis' joy at earning four dollars squelched when she sees the Mustard Woman at Josie's house?

10. What does the Old Man tell Hollis in the Fifth Picture, The Old Man, that no one has ever said to her before about herself or her art?

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