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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 Mabel do at the end of Chapter Eleven that Marin appreciates?
(a) Kisses Marin.
(b) Tells Marin she forgives her.
(c) Tells Marin she wants to go to the same college as Marin.
(d) Holds Marin's hand.

2. What does Mabel do when Marin tells her she had been lonely with Gramps?
(a) Tells Marin she had no right to be lonely.
(b) Pulls Marin close for a hug.
(c) Tells Marin she should have said something.
(d) Tells Marin she should have told the school what was happening with Gramps.

3. What news does Mabel share with Marin about her own family in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Her cousin is moving to Thailand.
(b) Her brother and sister-in-law are having a baby.
(c) Her sister is getting married.
(d) Her mother is dying.

4. Who is Carlos's wife?
(a) Griselda.
(b) Lola.
(c) Helen.
(d) Jennifer.

5. Why does Marin decline the offer to drive with Ana and Javier to drop Mabel off at college?
(a) She is mad at Mabel.
(b) She does not want to see Mabel any more.
(c) She is worried about leaving Gramps.
(d) She is too upset at leaving Mabel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Mabel use to describe Gramps?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter Nineteen, how does Marin piece together what happened to 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 Marin ask Mabel to do in Chapter Eight when she becomes emotionally overwhelmed?

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

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