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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. What does Laura's former bedroom overlook?
(a) A garden.
(b) The railroad tracks.
(c) The Hurley woods.
(d) Main street.

2. Who arrives at Cordelia's house to find Katy there?
(a) Adam.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Jonathan.

3. What convinces Julie to stay at Aunt Cordelia's?
(a) She and her dad seem like strangers.
(b) She walks in on Alicia and her father in an amorous embrace.
(c) She and Alicia have a fight about the office.
(d) She doesn't like to be a built-in babysitter.

4. About what is Julie annoyed with recent meetings with her father?
(a) That he seems distracted and does not pay attention to her.
(b) That he has not mentioned her coming home.
(c) That Alicia Allison is accompanying him.
(d) That he has canceled several scheduled visits at the last moment.

5. How does Julie respond to Uncle Haskell's situation?
(a) She becomes despondent.
(b) She wants him to go to New York for treatment.
(c) She decides not to bother him with her amateur hobby.
(d) She pretends there is nothing wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julie rise early one morning?

2. What makes Julie start thinking of staying with Aunt Cordelia?

3. What does Brett do when he and Julie are done talking?

4. Where is one of Julie's stories published?

5. Of what does Julie's social life consist her first two years of high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Katy's story end?

2. What do Danny and Julie figure out?

3. Why does Uncle Haskell come yelling for Aunt Cordelia one night?

4. How does Julie's luck with boys change in her junior year and how does her family feel about it?

5. What does Brett do in English class and how is Julie involved?

6. How does Julie handle being hurt by what she thinks is Aunt Cordelia's rejection?

7. What does Julie tell Brett when she sees him the night of her meeting with Alicia?

8. What does Julie's family do about Julie's sadness?

9. What does Julie think about Jonathan?

10. What does Julie hear about her and being raised by Aunt Cordelia?

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