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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 Mabel like in the pottery shop?

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

3. What do Marin's mother's friends often give to her?

4. What does Marin help Mabel and Ana do in Chapter Five?

5. What does Gramps often make for Marin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Ana use to complete her piece of art in Chapter Seven, and what does Marin think of the piece?

7. What does Courtney say about Marin's living arrangement that makes Marin feel bad in Chapter Seven?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of Gramps's most loving actions that Marin tries to hold on to when the full magnitude of his betrayal and deception hits her in the aftermath of his death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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 strange signs does Marin notice about Gramps in the months leading up to his death? How does she react to them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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