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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. How many Nobel Prizes does the fictitious spinster in Chapter 2 own?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

2. What does Brent's first whirligig look like?
(a) A pianist.
(b) A drummer.
(c) A harpist.
(d) An angel.

3. In Chapter 1, what time does Brent leave his home for the party?
(a) Eight o'clock.
(b) Four o'clock.
(c) Seven o'clock.
(d) Five o'clock.

4. Where does Brent live?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Chicago.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what time of day is it?
(a) Night.
(b) Noon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Dusk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the man marry?

2. What does Brent's mom always place on the table to the right of his father's fork?

3. What is written on the whirligig?

4. What reply does Brent receive concerning his written apology to the Zamoras?

5. Who is Lea Zamora?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 3, where is Brent Bishop? What thoughts are going through his mind?

2. What does Brent recall about the automobile accident? How do his parents try to keep him from knowing facts about the accident?

3. When the two girls reach the point, a whirligig with a woman's head on top is mounted on a pole at the edge of a cliff. What is the significance of the whirligig's location? How does this relate to the two girls?

4. How does Steph honor the whirligig? How does she honor Alexandra? Why would honoring the whirligig and her best friend be important to Steph?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, Alexandra is taking Steph on an adventure. Discuss the hyperbole used by Alexandra as she tells her friend about their destination.

6. Upon arriving to pickup Jonathan for the party, what does Brent instantly regret as Jonathan comes out of the house? Why?

7. The two girls are headed out to the point near Pam McQuillen's. Alexandra is taking Steph there because she thinks that it is way past the time for Steph to have a boyfriend. 1) Give five reasons why Alexandra insists that Steph goes along with her plan. 2) Why is Steph not thrilled about this adventure?

8. Summarize the sequence of events in Chapter 4.

9. What is guided imagery? Why does Alexandra believe in it? What happens on the adventure that turns Steph into a believer?

10. What could Brent do to lessen the humiliation of Brianna's public scolding?

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