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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 187 - 234).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the end of Chapter Eight that startles Marin and Mabel?
(a) A power outage.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A ceiling collapse.
(d) A crack of lightening.

2. What do the police tell Marin they think happened to Gramps?
(a) He was in a car accident.
(b) He left for the mountains.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) He drowned in the ocean.

3. What does Marin buy for Ana and Javier?
(a) A silver hen.
(b) A vase.
(c) A glass pitcher.
(d) Bowls.

4. What do Marin and Mabel eat at the place they stay during the power outage?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Rice.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Canned beans.

5. What did Mabel and Marin do when the power went out during their sophomore year?
(a) Marin read to Mabel all night.
(b) Marin and Mabel went to the beach.
(c) Marin and Mabel ate all the food in the fridge.
(d) Marin and Mabel went on a night hike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mabel really seem to want to go to bed early in Chapter Four?

2. What does the person Marin calls tell her he and others have done regarding Gramps's house?

3. In Chapter Seventeen, what does Marin find Gramps doing that he seems not to want to be disturbed from?

4. What does Marin do, first thing, when she gets to her dorm?

5. Where does Marin go right from the police station?

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