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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. What does Marin suggest she and Mabel do in case the power outage lasts a long time?
(a) Call Mabel's mother now.
(b) Make a distress flag.
(c) Eat all the food in the fridge.
(d) Turn their phones off to conserve power.

8. Why do Mabel's parents clean out her brother's room?
(a) So Marin can use it.
(b) So it can be used for the baby when the baby visits.
(c) So it can be used as an exercise room.
(d) So they can sell the house.

9. Where does Marin go most mornings after Mabel leaves for college in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) The mall.
(b) Work.
(c) The pottery shop.
(d) Ocean Beach.

10. What does Marin tell Mabel about Birdie when she asks?
(a) Birdie said she was sorry about Gramps.
(b) Birdie died after Gramps died.
(c) There was no Birdie.
(d) Birdie wanted to meet Marin at least once.

11. What artist does Mabel tell Marin about in detail in Chapter Eight?
(a) Beeple.
(b) Georgia O'Keefe.
(c) Banksy.
(d) Frida Kahlo.

12. What does Mabel say about Gramps in hindsight?
(a) He seemed happy.
(b) He was never really nice to Marin.
(c) He seemed sick for a long time.
(d) He was never nice to Mabel.

13. What is one thing Gramps taught Marin how to do well?
(a) Make things from wood.
(b) Fix cars.
(c) Cut the grass.
(d) Remove stains from clothes.

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

15. In Chapter Nineteen, what wakes Marin up?
(a) The cat.
(b) The dog barking.
(c) Gramps leaving the house.
(d) A car horn honking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police tell Marin they think happened to Gramps?

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

3. What does Mabel say they can blame their actions on in the morning if they regret them in Chapter Ten?

4. What does Gramps give Marin in Chapter Fifteen?

5. What does Gramps tell Marin when she says all she cares about his having him?

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