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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who drives Mclean to the hospital when her father is injured?
(a) Deb.
(b) David.
(c) Heather.
(d) Opal.

2. Why are Dave's parents upset with him?
(a) He got into the liquor cabinet.
(b) He failed biology.
(c) He didn't go to college early.
(d) He wrecked the car.

3. Who is fighting any changes at the restaurant where Mr. Sweet is consulting?
(a) Jim.
(b) Harley.
(c) Opal.
(d) Anna.

4. Why does Mclean tell Riley that she doesn't make friends?
(a) She is a loner.
(b) She is so shy.
(c) She doesn't want to get hurt.
(d) She moves so much.

5. Why does Mclean do all the cooking for her and her father?
(a) She wants to train to be a chef.
(b) Her father is a chef and doesn't want to cook at home.
(c) She is tired of eating fast food.
(d) Her father cannot cook anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jason, the restaurant's short order cook, very good at doing?

2. With what was Mclean obsessed when she was younger?

3. Who calls the house looking for Mclean's father?

4. How does Mclean meet Deb?

5. What sound awakens Mclean at the beginning of Chapter 5?.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the chaotic environment of the restaurant symbolize Mclean's life and which two people are calming influences for her?

2. What does Mclean reveal about her mother's background and her parents' relationship later on?

3. What does David finally realize about why Mclean is not excited to be at the big game?

4. How does Mclean meet Dave and what does she think about him?

5. What does David tell Mclean about his parents and why they are upset with him?

6. What happened that made Mclean feel as if she no longer fit into her mother's world?

7. Who is Peter and how is his personality revealed more in his request that Mclean go to a game with her mother?

8. In what way does Mclean feel that she is taking her mother's place regarding her father?

9. What point of view is the book written in and what does that reveal about Mclean, the main character?

10. What does Mclean think about when she watches the stars from a party next door one night?

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