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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. What does Marin tell Mabel in Chapter Four that concerns Mabel?

2. Where do Marin and Mabel buy new dresses in Chapter Seven?

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

4. What is one of Marin's favorite books?

5. Where is Marin's college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Emily tell Marin about Gramps in Chapter Five?

2. Why does Gramps get so angry at Sister Josephine in Part I?

3. Why is it so awkward that Mabel tells Marin they can be like sisters in Chapter Six?

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

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

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

7. What is Mabel most frustrated and angry with Marin about?

8. What passages in different works of literature is Marin drawn to in Chapter Five?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does LaCour portray Gramps's and Marin's relationship throughout We Are Okay? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What does the stranger on the beach in Chapter Seventeen represent, and why is it significant that Marin meets him right after Mabel leaves and right before Gramps dies? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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