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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 Marin ask Gramps to do in Chapter Twelve to break the tension between him and his friends?
(a) Take her out for a drink.
(b) Give her money.
(c) Cook for her.
(d) Drive her to school.

2. Where does Marin go right from the police station?
(a) The airport.
(b) Her house.
(c) Ana's and Javier's.
(d) Mabel's college.

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

4. What does Marin suggest she and Mabel do in case the power outage lasts a long time?
(a) Turn their phones off to conserve power.
(b) Eat all the food in the fridge.
(c) Call Mabel's mother now.
(d) Make a distress flag.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin take to the airport with her in Chapter Twenty-One?

2. What does Mabel say about Gramps in hindsight?

3. What does Mabel do at the end of Chapter Eleven that Marin appreciates?

4. What does Marin wonder in Chapter Eight in relation to Gramps's house and how she left it?

5. How does Mabel think Marin might be trying to communicate her feelings to her in Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What painting does Mabel show Marin in Chapter Eight?

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

4. In Chapter Fifteen, what did Marin notice was wrong with Gramps?

5. Where does Marin stay when she first arrives in her college town, and what does Mabel ask her about this time period?

6. In Chapter Nineteen, how does Marin piece together what happened to Gramps?

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

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

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

10. Who does Gramps write letters to constantly?

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