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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. What does Emily tell Marin about the surfers and Gramps?
(a) The surfers offered to pay Claire's medical bills, but Gramps refused.
(b) One day they let him have the water to himself.
(c) He was never mean to any of them.
(d) The surfers took up a collection for Gramps so he could have a new board.

2. In Chapter Five, what does Gramps show Marin that belongs to Birdie?
(a) A green dress.
(b) A blue skirt.
(c) A red hairband.
(d) A diamond ring.

3. Who tries to convince Mabel to ask Gramps for a memento of the past, even though Marin does not want to?
(a) Jones.
(b) Sister Josephine.
(c) Freeman.
(d) Ana.

4. Where do Marin and Mabel buy new dresses in Chapter Seven?
(a) Forever 21.
(b) The Gap.
(c) Walgreen's.
(d) Penney's.

5. What does Marin tell Mabel in Chapter Four that concerns Mabel?
(a) She can not bear to read any more.
(b) She has not been eating.
(c) She needs to get a job before she gets anything else for her room.
(d) She has no friends at college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mabel say she and Marin can be like if she comes to live with her family?

2. What does Gramps often call Marin?

3. What is one of Marin's favorite books?

4. What does Marin assume about Gramps's pen pal?

5. Who tells Marin it is really strange she has never been in the back bedroom of her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Marin reluctant to go into the elevator while alone in her dorm?

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

3. Why is it so awkward that Mabel tells Marin they can be like sisters in Chapter Six?

4. In Chapter Seven, why does Marin also change her dress when Mabel does?

5. What is Mabel most frustrated and angry with Marin about?

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

7. What does Courtney say about Marin's living arrangement that makes Marin feel bad in Chapter Seven?

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

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

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

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