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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gramps tell Marin when she says all she cares about his having him?
(a) She does not need him.
(b) She has always been a smart girl.
(c) He will always be there for her.
(d) He is going away soon for a while.

3. What does Tommy tell Marin to do if she gets into trouble over Christmas?
(a) Call her mother.
(b) Call him.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Call the dean.

4. What does Gramps think his friends are doing to him in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Stealing his money.
(b) Talking behind his back.
(c) Planning a surprise party for him.
(d) Poisoning his drink.

5. What do Marin and Mabel eat for dinner in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Soup.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Lasagna.
(d) Chili and corn bread.

6. What character does Marin think of when getting ready for bed in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Hester Prynne.
(b) Romeo.
(c) Madame Bovary.
(d) Jayne Eyre.

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

8. What does Fred ask Marin that disgusts her in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) To go to a strip club.
(b) To go to his van with him.
(c) To go surfing with him.
(d) To go to the bar.

9. What happens between Marin and Mabel at the beach in Chapter Ten?
(a) They almost drown.
(b) They engage in sexual activity.
(c) They surf.
(d) One of them gets bitten by a shark.

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

11. What is Marin's usual dinner routine?
(a) Eating with Sister Josephine.
(b) Eating with Mabel's family.
(c) Eating with Gramps after he cooked around 6 every night.
(d) Going out to eat on her own.

12. Who does Marin call when she is fully panicked about Gramps in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Clarie.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Ana and Javier.
(d) Fred.

13. What do Ana and Javier tell Marin to do when she calls them in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Call Mabel.
(b) Get something to eat.
(c) Wait for the police, who they will call.
(d) Get out of the house.

14. What does Gramps ask Marin and Mabel about when he sees them on the street in Chapter Ten?
(a) Their jackets being sandy.
(b) If they have enough money for breakfast.
(c) The blood on Marin's leg.
(d) The whiskey.

15. What game do Marin and Mabel play in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Gin rummy.
(b) Poker.
(c) Jenga.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What doe Marin notice about Gramps that worries her in Chapter Fifteen?

3. What does Marin tell Mabel about the other people at the motel?

4. Why does Marin stop using the water at the motel?

5. Who is Carlos's wife?

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