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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 from?

2. Where is the party Marin and Mabel go to in Chapter Six?

3. What does Emily tell Marin about the surfers and Gramps?

4. Who is checking in on Marin while she stays over break at the dorms?

5. Where does Marin suggest she and Mabel go together in the next few days in Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mabel tell Marin about her college experience that shocks Marin?

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

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

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

5. What does Gramps most enjoy doing with his friends?

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

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

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

9. What was Marin's favorite subject in high school, and why?

10. Why does Marin tell Mabel she wants to change her major?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it so awkward for Mabel and Marin that Mabel has met and is dating a boy in college? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How do both Marin and Mabel feel about the evolution of their relationship from friendship into something romantic? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support 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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