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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 is notable about the blocks in #163?
(a) They are melting.
(b) They are heavy.
(c) There are people trapped in them.
(d) They are floating away.

2. Godbee says that holding on to Martha's letter helps her to be ________________.
(a) hopeful.
(b) happy.
(c) brave.
(d) adventurous.

3. Where did Godbee get the idea to fill the baby food jars?
(a) In a dream.
(b) In a movie.
(c) In a book.
(d) In a TV program.

4. What is Martha going to do with the jar of ocean water she collects?
(a) Use it for a science experiment.
(b) Give it to Olive's mother.
(c) Pour it on Jimmy's video tape.
(d) Put it on a shelf in her room.

5. Where do Dennis and Vince ask Martha to come along with them?
(a) The Riverwalk.
(b) The Benton Place.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Starbucks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Martha and Jimmy build on the beach?

2. Why does Godbee placed the filled baby food jars on the window sills?

3. What color is the bedroom Martha uses when visiting Godbee?

4. What does Lucy notice about Martha when Martha returns to free her from the sand?

5. Who is the new character Martha introduces into her book about Olive in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Martha so conflicted when Dennis and Vince ask her to go with them to the Benton Place?

2. Why does Martha decide to visit Godbee again at Christmas time?

3. What does Martha do when she sees Jimmy holding hands with a girl and walking towards her on the beach?

4. Why is Lucy so upset after she is freed from the mound of sand?

5. How does Martha feel as she holds Jimmy's hand and they walk down the beach?

6. How does Martha decide to act after learning that Jimmy filmed their kiss?

7. Why are Jimmy and Martha mad at a comment someone makes when they are holding hands?

8. What does Olive's journal statement about wanting to go to "a real ocean" foreshadow?

9. What do Jimmy and Martha do when they spend the day together at the beach?

10. Why does Godbee fill baby food jars with colored water?

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