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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 did Mabel and Marin do when the power went out during their sophomore year?
(a) Marin and Mabel went to the beach.
(b) Marin and Mabel ate all the food in the fridge.
(c) Marin read to Mabel all night.
(d) Marin and Mabel went on a night hike.

2. What do Marin and Mabel take to the beach with them in Chapter Ten?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Bread.
(c) Money.
(d) Whiskey.

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

4. How does Marin think Gramps had enough money to send her to college?
(a) From winning at Poker.
(b) From gambling at casinos.
(c) From his job.
(d) From investing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marin ask the man in the motel to tell her?

3. What do Marin and Mabel eat for dinner in Chapter Fourteen?

4. What does Marin remember having in their pockets with Mabel on the morning after the beach?

5. Who is Ben's dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marin most fear her presence with Gramps is doing to him in Part III?

2. What does Marin ask Mabel about in detail in Chapter Fourteen that is hard for Marin to do but she knows is the right thing?

3. In Chapter Eighteen, what does Marin finally tell Mabel about Gramps?

4. What happens in Chapter Eight that scares Marin and Mabel a bit?

5. What is awkward at Tommy's house for Marin and Mabel?

6. Why does Marin leave right from the police station for the airport?

7. How does Marin suspect Gramps was able to send her to college?

8. In Chapter Nine, who comes to take care of Marin and Mabel in the blizzard?

9. How does their time at Tommy's seem to change the dynamic between Marin and Mabel?

10. In Chapter Ten, what do Mabel and Marin do when they sneak out together?

(see the answer keys)

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