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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Twelve, what does Gramps say he needs to tell Marin about?
(a) How to cook.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Different kinds of love.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. What does Gramps give Marin in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) A new sweater.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A new ATM card to a bank account for herself.
(d) A new car.

3. What does Marin think she hears Mabel doing as they go to bed in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Eating.
(b) Scratching her feet.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Crying.

4. Who is Ben's dog?
(a) Derek.
(b) George.
(c) Fred.
(d) Laney.

5. Who does Marin spend most of the day with in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Gramps.
(c) Jones.
(d) Ben.

6. What is on the wall in Tommy's living room in Chapter Eleven?
(a) A deer head.
(b) An old photo.
(c) A papier mache moose.
(d) A stamp collection.

7. In Chapter sixteen, what does Marin feel about Mabel leaving soon?
(a) She wants Mabel to leave immediately.
(b) She knows she will never see Mabel again after she leaves.
(c) She knows she has to break up with Mabel to save herself.
(d) She is not ready to let Mabel go again.

8. What does Marin ask the man in the motel to tell her?
(a) If an old man is outside her room, to knock on her door.
(b) To give her money if he has any.
(c) To let her know if he has any marijuana.
(d) To let her know if he is going to the beach.

9. In Chapter Eighteen, what does Marin tell Mabel?
(a) Gramps had been stealing money for decades.
(b) Gramps had had a lot of guns in the house.
(c) Gramps had told Marin to move out and never come back.
(d) Gramps had been making up replies from "Birdie," who was not even real, in the letters he was constantly writing.

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

11. What road do Marin and Mabel cross in the morning in Chapter Ten to get home?
(a) Starlight Lane.
(b) The Great Highway.
(c) Boulevard Beach.
(d) Hollywood Avenue.

12. What does Marin say characterizes her summer with Mabel and Gramps in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Grief.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Denial.
(d) Longing.

13. What news does Mabel share with Marin about her own family in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Her cousin is moving to Thailand.
(b) Her brother and sister-in-law are having a baby.
(c) Her mother is dying.
(d) Her sister is getting married.

14. What is Marin's experience of eating dinner like in Chapter Nine?
(a) She eats ravenously.
(b) She gives all her food to Mabel because she can not stand the thought of Mabel being hungry.
(c) She finds she can not really eat.
(d) She eats without tasting anything.

15. What does Mabel ask Marin not to do again in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Eat all her dinner before Mabel can have any.
(c) Go back to California.
(d) Stay at a motel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin think when she sees Gramps writing his letters in Chapter Twelve?

2. What does Mabel say she should have done in Chapter Twenty-Three?

3. What does Marin consider changing her major to in Chapter Eight?

4. What is one thing Gramps taught Marin how to do well?

5. What do Marin and Mabel take to the beach with them in Chapter Ten?

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