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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rayona's job at the state park?
(a) Cook.
(b) Trash.
(c) Lifeguard.
(d) Counselor.

2. What is the name of the lifeguard who fascinates Rayona?
(a) Ellie.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Emma.

3. How old is Rayona at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Seventeen.

4. What does Elgin do for a living?
(a) Piolet.
(b) Mailman.
(c) Military.
(d) Rodeo rider.

5. Teenage Christine is obsessed with a letter from __________ to Lucy at Fatima.
(a) Aunt Ida.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Lee.
(d) Virgin Mary.

6. What does Rayona get for the "hard luck" prize?
(a) Medal.
(b) Blanket.
(c) Money.
(d) Silver buckle.

7. What is the town that Christine goes to with different men from the reservation?
(a) Minot.
(b) Boise.
(c) Mineola.
(d) Helena.

8. What national event upsets Lee deeply?
(a) Kent State riots.
(b) Bombing of Hiroshima.
(c) Pearl Harbor.
(d) JFK's assignation.

9. What year is the letter Christine is obsessed with supposed to be opened?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1962.

10. What stops Christine from committing suicide?
(a) Her car runs out of gas.
(b) Her love for Rayona.
(c) Her love for Elgin.
(d) Her desire to make life better.

11. Christine and her friends watch what show on the TV set at the Teen Snack Bar?
(a) The Price is Right.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) Turth or Dare.
(d) 60 Minutes.

12. Where is the Indian reservation Christine grows up on?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Washington.
(c) Montana.
(d) Neveda.

13. What does Christine use to break into her car?
(a) Credit card.
(b) Hammer.
(c) Wire hanger.
(d) Locksmith.

14. Before learning where her mother is living, where does Rayona think Christine is?
(a) Denver.
(b) Helena.
(c) Dead.
(d) Seattle.

15. What is one of the videos Christine rents on the way out of Seattle?
(a) Smokey and the Bandit.
(b) The Sting.
(c) It's A Wonderful Life.
(d) Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christine lose when she is about Rayona's age?

2. Where is the last place Christine sees Lee before he goes to Vietnam?

3. When Christine is a kid, she thinks Seattle is like what?

4. What is the name of the group the priests want Rayona to join?

5. To Aunt Ida, Lee is the Indian ____________.

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