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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the end of Chapter Eight that startles Marin and Mabel?
(a) A power outage.
(b) A crack of lightening.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A ceiling collapse.

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

3. What does Marin wonder about herself in Chapter Nine in relation to Javier and Ana?
(a) If they can really afford to take her in as one of their own.
(b) How they are managing not to get divorced given how much they fight.
(c) Why she will not just accept their offer.
(d) Why they have not come to see her yet.

4. In Chapter Twelve, who does Gramps say he would be lost without?
(a) Birdie.
(b) Samantha.
(c) Jones.
(d) Freeman.

5. What is awkward about the sleeping arrangements between Marin and Mabel in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Mabel has to sleep on the floor because of her back.
(b) Marin says she prefers to sleep standing up.
(c) Mabel is reluctant, at first, to sleep in the same pull-out bed.
(d) Mabel offers to sleep on the fainting couch.

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

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

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

9. What word does Mabel use to describe Gramps?
(a) Sad.
(b) Cute.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Volatile.

10. What does Marin take to the airport with her in Chapter Twenty-One?
(a) Her phone, wallet, and a picture of her mother.
(b) Her favorite sweater.
(c) Her suitcase.
(d) Her plane ticket.

11. Why does Marin stop using the water at the motel?
(a) Bugs crawl out of the faucet when she uses it.
(b) She thinks the water is really dirty.
(c) She thinks she hears Gramps singing every time she turns the faucet on.
(d) She thinks the water is burning her.

12. What does Mabel tell Marin her parents have done for Marin in Chapter Eight?
(a) Bought Marin a surfboard.
(b) Given Marin some jewelry.
(c) Redone a room in their house just for Marin.
(d) Bought Marin a car.

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

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

15. What is the first thing Mabel does when they get back to the dorm in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Eat.
(b) Shower.
(c) Paint her nails.
(d) Call her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marin go most mornings after Mabel leaves for college in Chapter Seventeen?

2. What do Marin and Mabel eat at the place they stay during the power outage?

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

4. What does Marin ask Mabel in Chapter Twenty?

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

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