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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 Gramps give Marin in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) A new ATM card to a bank account for herself.
(b) A new car.
(c) A new sweater.
(d) A necklace.

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

3. What does Marin ask Mabel in Chapter Twenty?
(a) If Marin can really trust Ben.
(b) If Gramps is really dead.
(c) If her parents really love Marin.
(d) If Mabel really loves Jake.

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

5. What is one thing Gramps taught Marin how to do well?
(a) Fix cars.
(b) Remove stains from clothes.
(c) Make things from wood.
(d) Cut the grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Mabel ask Marin about when she first moved to the college town?

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

3. What news does Mabel share with Marin about her own family in Chapter Fourteen?

4. What does Marin think when she sees Gramps writing his letters in Chapter Twelve?

5. Who does Marin finally discover that Birdie really is?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Seventeen, what does the stranger on the beach ask Marin that repulses her?

2. Why does Mabel tell Marin her parents were cleaning out her brother's old room?

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

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

5. In Chapter Fifteen, why are both Marin and Mabel relieved when Marin declines the invitation to drive Mabel to college with Mabel's parents?

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

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

8. 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?

9. What does Gramps tell Marin when Gramps tells Marin he has given her money for college?

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

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