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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 suggest she and Mabel do in case the power outage lasts a long time?

2. In Chapter Eighteen, what does Marin tell Mabel?

3. Who is Carlos's wife?

4. What does Mabel say they can blame their actions on in the morning if they regret them in Chapter Ten?

5. What character does Marin think of when getting ready for bed in Chapter Eleven?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Gramps write letters to constantly?

2. Why does Marin leave right from the police station for the airport?

3. How does Gramps react when he sees Marin and Mabel after the night they sneak out?

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

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

6. What does Gramps tell Marin when Gramps tells Marin he has given her money for college?

7. 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?

8. What can Marin not stop thinking about regarding Gramps's house?

9. What painting does Mabel show Marin in Chapter Eight?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Marin think she wants to change her major to Natural Sciences, and why is Mabel so alarmed to hear this? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why does Marin at first resist the idea of coming back to California with Mabel and joining Mable's family? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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