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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. In Chapter Twelve, what does Gramps say he needs to tell Marin about?

2. What is Marin's usual dinner routine?

3. What does Marin ask Mabel in Chapter Twenty?

4. What is awkward about the sleeping arrangements between Marin and Mabel in Chapter Eleven?

5. What does Marin tell Mabel about the other people at the motel?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Marin most fear her presence with Gramps is doing to him in Part III?

3. How does Marin suspect Gramps was able to send her to college?

4. How does their time at Tommy's seem to change the dynamic between Marin and Mabel?

5. What does Marin ask Mabel to do in Chapter Eight when she becomes emotionally overwhelmed?

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

7. In Chapter Eighteen, what does Marin finally tell Mabel about Gramps?

8. Why does Mabel tell Marin her parents were cleaning out her brother's old room?

9. What does Gramps say he has to tell Marin about following her night out with Mabel in Chapter Twelve?

10. In Chapter Fifteen, what did Marin notice was wrong with Gramps?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Marin find that she so badly would like to work at Claudia's pottery shop? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Gramps get so upset when Marin asks him for a baby picture of herself? Months later, after Gramps's death, why is Marin fixated on the absence of a baby picture of her in her high school yearbook? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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