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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 kind of restaurants does Marin stay away from?
(a) Fancy restaurants.
(b) Diners.
(c) Hamburger places.
(d) Sushi bars.

2. Why does Mabel tell Marin she started dating Jacob?
(a) She wanted to try to move on.
(b) She decided she does not like girls romantically any longer.
(c) She knew she had to have the appearance of having a boyfriend to join her sorority.
(d) She knew her parents would never accept her being bisexual.

3. What joke does Jones make about Gramps that is a rough joke?
(a) He is probably surfing in the clouds.
(b) If he had a grave, he would be turning in it.
(c) He was always a sailor but never had a good catch.
(d) He was even mysterious in death.

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

5. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Mabel ask Marin about when she first moved to the college town?
(a) Where she stayed.
(b) What she ate.
(c) Who her first friend was.
(d) What kind of job she got.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gramps often call Marin?

2. What is Marin's experience of eating dinner like in Chapter Nine?

3. What is the first thing Mabel does when they get back to the dorm in Chapter Fourteen?

4. Who does Marin call in Chapter Twenty-Four for the first time since Gramps died?

5. Where did Marin stay in the immediate aftermath of Gramps's death?

(see the answer key)

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