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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Martha's grandmother's name?

2. What does Olive's mother say to Martha as she leaves Martha's house?

3. Who is Dennis?

4. What does Martha read in Chapter 3?

5. Which of the following is NOT a possibility that Olive is thinking as Martha speaks up in class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What must Olive's mother know about her daughter regarding any friendship with Martha?

2. Who is Godbee?

3. How did Godbee end the story she wrote about a girl who moved far from the ocean?

4. What could Godbee mean when she tells Martha that this could be their last summer together?

5. What are a couple of conveniences that Martha has at her house but that Godbee does not have?

6. What secret does Godbee share with Martha as part of their first daily information sharing ritual?

7. What does Martha recall about a conversation she and her best friend Holly had about Olive's death?

8. What does Godbee suggest that she and Martha do every day during Martha's visit?

9. Who is Vince?

10. What morning ritual do Martha and Lucy have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of growing up. Identify at least two instances about growing up in the book and then cite examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

There are several events of foreshadowing in OLIVE'S OCEAN. Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the story that serve as foreshadowing.

Essay Topic 3

What is the greatest lesson Martha learns from Jimmy? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Martha always recall about Jimmy and how his cruelty taught her an important lesson.

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