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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Tate finally get to Godbee's house?
(a) As Martha is packing her things.
(b) At breakfast time.
(c) As Martha and her family are leaving.
(d) After Marthat and her family are gone.

2. Why does Jimmy kiss Martha?
(a) He doesn't kiss her.
(b) He made a bet.
(c) She asks him to.
(d) He thinks she is cute.

3. Who meets Martha and Jimmy to walk Martha home?
(a) Vince.
(b) Godbee.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Alice.

4. What do Martha and Jimmy build on the beach?
(a) A sand octopus.
(b) A sand rocket.
(c) A sand dinosaur.
(d) A sand castle.

5. Why does Godbee placed the filled baby food jars on the window sills?
(a) She doesn't want them to get broken.
(b) The sunlight will make colored patches in the roon.
(c) They are to be saved for special occasions.
(d) No one can reach them without a stool.

6. What does Godbee tell Martha about good-byes?
(a) They are necessary.
(b) They are always difficult.
(c) They are like dying.
(d) They are annoying.

7. Who lives in the house where Olive used to live?
(a) John Waverly.
(b) Jay Hall.
(c) Jack McBride.
(d) Jerry Simpson.

8. Why can Martha not keep the kiss a secret?
(a) A group of people saw them together.
(b) Jimmy filmed it.
(c) Jimmy has a big mouth.
(d) Vince will tell everybody.

9. Why does Alice tell Martha that Martha will make a good mother one day?
(a) Because she has a nurturing attitude.
(b) Because she is very patient with Lucy.
(c) Because she has a playful spirit.
(d) Because she is very protective of those she loves.

10. Where does Martha find a note addressed to her?
(a) Taped to the front door.
(b) Under the doormat.
(c) In the mailbox.
(d) Under a pot of geraniums.

11. What is Jimmy's dream?
(a) To be a filmmaker.
(b) To be an actor.
(c) To be an astronaut.
(d) To be a surgeon.

12. In Chapter 48, Martha makes a note for her book that states that James has _________________________.
(a) a killer smile.
(b) epic film talent.
(c) a brain the size of a microbe.
(d) a really bad temper.

13. Where does Jimmy suggest that he and Martha go as they walk on the beach?
(a) The Seahorse Restaurant.
(b) Lovers Lane.
(c) The Benton Place.
(d) Under the pier.

14. What is a random thought that comes to Martha as she thinks in a poetic mindset?
(a) Why do people hurt other people?
(b) Does a person's soul ever die.
(c) Can you put the sea in a bottle.
(d) Can you love somebody too much.

15. What does Tate give to Martha in a bag?
(a) Marbles.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Magazines.
(d) The video tape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha turn to when she abandons writing the book about Olive?

2. Where did Godbee get the idea to fill the baby food jars?

3. What question does Jimmy ask Martha in Chapter 39?

4. Who has written the note to Martha?

5. What does Alice whisper to Martha in Chapter 47?

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