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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing that is difficult for Marin to get used to at college at first?
(a) The cold weather.
(b) The bedding.
(c) The showers.
(d) The accents.

2. What does Marin assume about Gramps's pen pal?
(a) There is a very large age gap between them.
(b) They are romantically inclined somehow.
(c) They are both surfers.
(d) They have known each other for only a short time.

3. Why does Mabel really seem to want to go to bed early in Chapter Four?
(a) She has taken sleeping pills.
(b) She is too hungry to want to stay awake.
(c) She is too cold to want to stay awake.
(d) She is frustrated with Marin.

4. What does Marin tell Mabel in Chapter Four that concerns Mabel?
(a) She has not been eating.
(b) She has no friends at college.
(c) She can not bear to read any more.
(d) She needs to get a job before she gets anything else for her room.

5. What is Marin's mother's name?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Claire.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Helen.

6. Who tells Marin it is really strange she has never been in the back bedroom of her house?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Ben.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Courtney.

7. What topic is the book Hannah gives Marin on?
(a) Food.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Winter.
(d) Friends.

8. Where in Marin's house has she never set foot?
(a) The attic.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The basement.
(d) The back bedroom.

9. Where does Marin suggest she and Mabel go together in the next few days in Chapter Four?
(a) The shopping district.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) The Everglades.

10. Who are Gramps's best friends?
(a) Jones, Freeman, and Bo.
(b) Jones, Helen, and Sally.
(c) Sally and Bo.
(d) Freeman and Helen.

11. Who is Marin's new roommate?
(a) Eileen.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Courtney.

12. Where do Marin and Mabel go in Chapter Six?
(a) To play tennis.
(b) To swim.
(c) For breakfast in town.
(d) To the movies.

13. Who does Mabel tell Marin she has been thinking about a lot lately?
(a) Marin's mother.
(b) Marin's father.
(c) Marin's boyfriend.
(d) Marin's grandfather.

14. What does Mabel notice that Marin obviously bought for her?
(a) Snacks.
(b) A coat.
(c) Boots.
(d) A hat.

15. Who does Marin avoid talking to on the phone in Chapter Two?
(a) Her own sister.
(b) Mabel's parents.
(c) Her own mother.
(d) Mabel's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mabel tell Marin she really came all this way to see Marin in Chapter Four?

2. Where is the party Marin and Mabel go to in Chapter Six?

3. Where is Marin from?

4. What does Marin see Mabel wearing that brings back old memories of familiarity?

5. Where is Marin spending Christmas in Part I?

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