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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of plant does Marin buy a pot for in Chapter Six?
(a) Tulip.
(b) Bonsai.
(c) Peperomia.
(d) Mother's tongue.

2. What does Emily tell Marin about the surfers and Gramps?
(a) He was never mean to any of them.
(b) The surfers offered to pay Claire's medical bills, but Gramps refused.
(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.

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

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

5. Why does Mabel tell Marin she came to see her in Chapter Four?
(a) To tell her she is sick.
(b) To tell her her brother is getting married.
(c) To ask her to come back to California.
(d) To tell her goodbye forever.

6. What do Marin and Mabel eat for dinner the first night of Mabel's visit?
(a) Sushi.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Steak.
(d) Ramen.

7. Where is Marin from?
(a) California.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Washington.

8. Where does Marin avoid going out of fear in Part I?
(a) In the elevator alone.
(b) To the bar.
(c) To the mess hall.
(d) To the pool.

9. What do Marin's mother's friends often give to her?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Shells.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

10. What big news does Mabel tell Marin in Chapter Four?
(a) That she is seeing a boy named Jacob.
(b) That she is about to dye her hair blonde.
(c) That she has dropped out of college.
(d) That she is pregnant.

11. Who tries to convince Mabel to ask Gramps for a memento of the past, even though Marin does not want to?
(a) Jones.
(b) Ana.
(c) Freeman.
(d) Sister Josephine.

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

13. Why does Mabel tell Marin she really came all this way to see Marin in Chapter Four?
(a) So that Marin would have to talk back to her.
(b) So that she could tell Marin about her brother's wedding.
(c) So that Marin could see how sad Mabel was.
(d) So that she could tell Marin goodbye.

14. What does Marin see Mabel wearing that brings back old memories of familiarity?
(a) Her coat and scarf.
(b) Her jeans.
(c) Her sweater.
(d) Her socks.

15. Who is checking in on Marin while she stays over break at the dorms?
(a) James.
(b) Jared.
(c) Henry.
(d) Tommy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gramps say he does not ever talk about Birdie with his friends?

2. Who once did Marin's nails for her?

3. What does Marin need for her yearbook that she does not have?

4. Where does Marin ask for a job?

5. What is the name of the family in the book One Hundred Years of Solitude?

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