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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. This book is written from the perspective of whom?
(a) Mclean.
(b) Mclean's mother.
(c) Mr. Sweet.
(d) Opal.

2. After whom is McLean named?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) A basketball coach.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother's best friend.

3. When Mclean sits and analyzes the sky, what does she recall?
(a) A Van Gogh painting.
(b) Stargazing with her mother.
(c) A poem she once read.
(d) A drawing she did as a child.

4. In how many towns has Mclean lived in two years?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. Whom does Mclean invite to go to the basketball game with her?
(a) Riley.
(b) Dave.
(c) Opal.
(d) Heather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the boy who saves Mclean from the police at the neighbor's party?

2. Why does Mclean's stepfather contact her via computer?

3. Opal agrees to put together a model of the town in exchange for what?

4. Who is required to put together Opal's model of the city?

5. Who tries to contact Mclean when she is on the computer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What perspective does David give to Mclean when she is upset with her mother and having to go to the basketball game?

2. What do the cupboards at Mclean's house reveal to David about her life and what does she tell him about her transient lifestyle?

3. What is the premise of WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE?

4. Why does Mclean prefer to leave a place without saying goodbye?

5. What changes does Mclean see in her mother when she spots her at the big game?

6. What does David tell Mclean about his parents and why they are upset with him?

7. What does David finally realize about why Mclean is not excited to be at the big game?

8. Who is Peter and how is his personality revealed more in his request that Mclean go to a game with her mother?

9. How is Mclean's resistance to playing basketball again and getting to know David symbolic of Mclean's inner turmoil about her life in general?

10. Who does the chaotic environment of the restaurant symbolize Mclean's life and which two people are calming influences for her?

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