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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 tries to contact Mclean when she is on the computer?
(a) Her teacher.
(b) Her ex-boyfriend.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her mother.

2. In what year of school is Mclean?
(a) Sophomore.
(b) Senior.
(c) Junior.
(d) Freshman.

3. Who is the boy who saves Mclean from the police at the neighbor's party?
(a) Dick.
(b) Darrel.
(c) Dan.
(d) Dave.

4. What does Mclean do when she wakes in the night and realizes a party is going on next door?
(a) She sits and dreams about going to a party.
(b) She joins the party.
(c) She calls the police.
(d) She asks the neighbors to be quiet.

5. What community service project is Dave working on?
(a) Neighborhood trash pick-up.
(b) The model.
(c) Washing trucks.
(d) Painting lines on highways.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mclean's father's job?

2. Which of the following is NOT a name that Mclean has used in different schools she has attended?

3. Riley tells Mclean that Dave is interested in whom?

4. Who is the basketball player Mclean's mother fell in love with?

5. This book is written from the perspective of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mclean prefer to leave a place without saying goodbye?

2. What is revealed about Mclean's transient lifestyle as she views comments on her social networking page?

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

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

5. Why is Mclean's mother upset when she phones Mclean at the beginning of Chapter 5?

6. Riley points out something to Mclean about making friends when she helps Mclean after she injures herself at her locker? What does Riley tell her that surprises Mclean?

7. Explain how the theme of relationships begins to evolve in Chapter 4.

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

9. How is Mclean's resistance to playing basketball again and getting to know David symbolic of Mclean's inner turmoil about her life in general?

10. Explain the nature of Mclean's relationship with her father.

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