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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mabel really seem to want to go to bed early in Chapter Four?
(a) She is frustrated with Marin.
(b) She is too hungry to want to stay awake.
(c) She is too cold to want to stay awake.
(d) She has taken sleeping pills.

2. What does Mabel notice that Marin obviously bought for her?
(a) Snacks.
(b) Boots.
(c) A coat.
(d) A hat.

3. What do Marin's mother's friends often give to her?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Shells.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

4. What does Ana use in one of her paintings to represent stars?
(a) Tinfoil.
(b) Ground fool's gold.
(c) Cubic zirconia.
(d) Rodanthe.

5. What does Gramps often call Marin?
(a) Honey Bee.
(b) Willow.
(c) Sailor.
(d) Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Gramps's best friends?

2. What does Marin help Mabel and Ana do in Chapter Five?

3. What does Mabel notice that Hannah seems to like, judging from her decorations?

4. What weather event happens in Chapter Eight?

5. Who owns the potter's studio Marin likes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are things so awkward between Marin and Mabel in Chapter One when Mabel comes to visit?

2. In Chapter Seven, what connection does Marin make with the taxi driver?

3. What passages in different works of literature is Marin drawn to in Chapter Five?

4. What does Mabel tell Marin about her college experience that shocks Marin?

5. How does Hannah, Marin's college roommate, treat Marin?

6. What does Mabel say her parents want Marin to do?

7. What arrangement did Marin and Gramps have about the physical space in their house?

8. What was Marin's favorite subject in high school, and why?

9. Why does Gramps get so angry at Sister Josephine in Part I?

10. What does Marin recall Gramps showing her in Chapter Five that she did not really understand at the time?

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