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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marin spending Christmas in Part I?

2. Who does Marin avoid talking to on the phone in Chapter Two?

3. What does Mabel tell Marin she wishes there had been in relation to her grandfather's death?

4. What does Gramps often call Marin?

5. Who does Mabel tell Marin she has been thinking about a lot lately?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Marin struggling so much during her first months at college?

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

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

4. How does Hannah, Marin's college roommate, treat Marin?

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

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

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

8. What does Mabel say her parents want Marin to do?

9. Why are things so awkward between Marin and Mabel in Chapter One when Mabel comes to visit?

10. What do surfers routinely give to Marin, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the power outage and staying at the groundskeeper's house change the dynamic between Marin and Mabel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do the surfers on the beach - even those Marin has barely met before - routinely give her shells when they see her? How do these trinkets make Marin feel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What memory, previously undiscovered, does Ana's warmth and love bring back to Marin with force in the very end of the novel, and why does this memory mean so much to Marin? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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