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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. Mclean learns that home isn't actually a specific location, it is ________________________.
(a) A state of mind.
(b) A fairy tale.
(c) Being with people you love.
(d) A joke.

2. Mclean learns that her mother had not been talking about her at the beach house, but rather about _______________.
(a) A dress she wanted to return.
(b) A fight she had with her husband.
(c) A party she didn't want to have.
(d) Her lawyer's advice.

3. What is David not allowed to eat in his house?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Pork.
(c) Raw cookie dough.
(d) Chocolate cake.

4. What does Mclean offer to do if her mother will drop the legal action?
(a) Go to the beach house with her.
(b) Visit an expensive college.
(c) Spend more time with her every week.
(d) Agree to call Peter her father.

5. Where do Mclean and her mother stay on their beach vacation?
(a) A houseboat.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A mansion on the water.
(d) A bed and breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. The quilt that Mclean's mother had made for her was made with _____________________.

2. What is Chuckles' mood when he shows up at Mclean's house?

3. Who is Mclean's little stepsister?

4. David tells Mclean the story behind his ________________.

5. Whom has Mclean defended all through the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Mclean go after she leaves the beach house and who does she call to comfort her?

2. In what ways does Mclean begin to see her mother in a new light?

3. What does Lindsay do with Mclean's father at the restaurant that flusters Opal and starts to make Mclean feel like she's on shaky ground?

4. What do her friends confront Mclean about that makes her run from the restaurant where she had been helping with the model?

5. What has happened to David as a result of Mclean's calling him to come to the Poseidon the night she was so upset?

6. What does Mclean offer to do in exchange for her mother dropping the new custody arrangement?

7. What makes Mclean so upset that she takes off from the beach house in her old car?

8. Why do Mclean and Deb especially enjoy going to Riley's house for dinner?

9. What is different about this new place for Mclean and her father that typically doesn't happen?

10. Explain the foreshadowing used by the author when she mentions Mclean's old car?

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