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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 140 - 186).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Marin live with before coming to college?
(a) Gramps.
(b) Her best friend's mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. What does Mabel tell Marin she wishes there had been in relation to her grandfather's death?
(a) An autopsy.
(b) A memorial service.
(c) A police report.
(d) A panel review.

3. What is awkward about the sleeping arrangements between Marin and Mabel in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Mabel has to sleep on the floor because of her back.
(b) Marin says she prefers to sleep standing up.
(c) Mabel offers to sleep on the fainting couch.
(d) Mabel is reluctant, at first, to sleep in the same pull-out bed.

4. What are some of Marin's few possessions that she really likes?
(a) Yellow clay bowls.
(b) Glass figurines.
(c) Her stuffed animals.
(d) Her new blankets.

5. What does Emily tell Marin about the surfers and Gramps?
(a) The surfers offered to pay Claire's medical bills, but Gramps refused.
(b) He was never mean to any of them.
(c) The surfers took up a collection for Gramps so he could have a new board.
(d) One day they let him have the water to himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin do with her dress?

2. Who does Mabel suggest Marin reach out to for company in New York?

3. Who do Marin and Mabel run into on their way home from the beach in Chapter Ten?

4. In Chapter Ten, what do Marin and Mabel do on their own?

5. What does Marin ask the man in the motel to tell her?

(see the answer key)

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