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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. Why is Gus pleased about the inclement weather?
(a) People will linger in the restaurant.
(b) It will delay Chuckles at the airport.
(c) Mclean will get a day off school.
(d) Gus can go to work later.

2. What is Chuckles' mood when he shows up at Mclean's house?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Very excited.
(c) Somber.
(d) Content.

3. What does Mclean find at the beach house that surprises her?
(a) Her baby pictures.
(b) Her first bike.
(c) Her old car.
(d) Her surf board.

4. What is Katherine's response when Mclean confronts her for the choices she has made?
(a) Mclean needs to grow up.
(b) Katherine knows she has made mistakes.
(c) Mclean can't place all the blame on her mother.
(d) Katherine tells her that she is being a brat.

5. What is Mclean's mother doing when Mclean sees her on TV?
(a) Making a phone call.
(b) Cheering.
(c) Talking.
(d) Laughing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mclean promise Deb she will do before she leaves?

2. David tells Mclean the story behind his ________________.

3. What surprising weather conditions does Mclean wake up to in Chapter 9?

4. Where is Gus being transferred for his job?

5. Who does Gus tell Mclean that he is trying to avoid?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How is this trip to the beach different from other trips there for Mclean and her mother?

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

4. What good comes out of Mclean's stay at the Poseidon regarding her parents' views of her?

5. What is unusual about Mclean's seeing her mother on TV when David and his father are over watching the game?

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

7. What is it about the model that makes it seem so orderly according to Mclean?

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

9. Why does Mclean feel like she is being pushed out of her mother's house when she sees her things in storage and where does she go for a feeling of solidity?

10. What does Mclean learn about why her mother has met with an attorney?

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