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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. Why does Hollis leave the Regans' home the day after the accident?
(a) They think she is nothing but trouble.
(b) She wants to hitchhike to California.
(c) Another family wants to adopt her.
(d) She thinks she has messed up the family.

2. What does Hollis decide to give to Josie as a Christmas gift?
(a) A drawing of Beatrice and Josie.
(b) A DVD of "A Christmas Carol".
(c) Wood for her statues.
(d) A carving knife.

3. How does Josie feel while listening to the Christmas music?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Sad.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Joyful.

4. What does Hollis imagine when she thinks of reuniting with the Regans?
(a) Hugging them.
(b) Watching TV with them.
(c) Having dinner with them.
(d) Having a picnic with them.

5. Who is the social worker who tries to reconnect Hollis with the Regans?
(a) Eva.
(b) Evelyn.
(c) Emmy.
(d) Ellen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, Hollis says that the Christmas decorations are _______________________.

2. Josie says that she wishes Hollis could ______________________.

3. What does Hollis realize that she did not see in her drawings of the Regans?

4. What name does Steven call Holly which makes the Old Man mad?

5. What did Hollis take with her on her trip on the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hollis' Twelfth Picture, A Mountain of Trouble, depicting the events of the truck accident on the mountain.

2. What things does Hollis say to the Regans in her head as she prepares for the escape trip with Josie?

3. How does Hollis try to distract Josie who starts to get homesick?

4. Why does Hollis not ask Josie about the green sweater now hanging in the shed but which Hollis had left at the riverbank the day she saw someone on the opposite bank?

5. What item was Hollis sick about leaving behind when she had left the Regans' house and how does she feel when she realizes that it is still in her room?

6. What does Hollis draw for the Eighth Picture, End of Summer, when the Regans tell her they want her to be part of their family?

7. Describe Hollis' encounter with Steven in the woods as she is walking to make a phone call to Beatrice.

8. What does Hollis see for the very first time as she looks at her pictures from the Summer?

9. How does Hollis feel when she sees Old Man's Mountain as they near the summer house, and what does she say to the Old Man in her head?

10. What startles Hollis when she tries to fish on the riverbank?

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