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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Mabel do at the end of Chapter Eleven that Marin appreciates?
(a) Kisses Marin.
(b) Tells Marin she forgives her.
(c) Holds Marin's hand.
(d) Tells Marin she wants to go to the same college as Marin.

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

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

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

10. What does Marin tell Mabel about the other people at the motel?
(a) They all had big problems.
(b) They never said a single word to her.
(c) The police often came for them.
(d) They were all very nice.

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

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

13. What does Marin ask Gramps in Chapter Fifteen that he scoffs at?
(a) Whether he has been to the doctor.
(b) If he is going to stop surfing.
(c) If he is going to stop playing poker.
(d) If he has enough money to live on.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin tell Mabel about Birdie when she asks?

2. In Chapter Seventeen, what does Marin find Gramps doing that he seems not to want to be disturbed from?

3. What road do Marin and Mabel cross in the morning in Chapter Ten to get home?

4. In Chapter Ten, what do Marin and Mabel do on their own?

5. What happens at the end of Chapter Eight that startles Marin and Mabel?

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