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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. What shop does Mclean enter after she walks to town?
(a) Bakery.
(b) Antiques.
(c) Cafe.
(d) Book.

2. Deb has a real gift for ____________________.
(a) Painting.
(b) Organization.
(c) Writing.
(d) Singing.

3. Where does Mclean go when she wants to think?
(a) Church.
(b) The cellar.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) Her room.

4. When will Mclean and Gus be leaving for his new job?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

5. Whom does Gus begin to date?
(a) Lindsay.
(b) Opal.
(c) Ann.
(d) Ginny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Opal and the other restaurant workers talking about in Chapter 12?

2. What does Mclean's mother's friend bring to the house for Mclean?

3. Where is Gus being transferred for his job?

4. Where is Mclean packing to go at the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. Where can David not go since he is grounded?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mclean learn about her father's new job in Hawaii and how does she feel about going there?

4. How does Gus show his commitment to making the restaurant a success?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. How does Mclean's mother respond when Mclean confronts her on the phone about the choices her mother has made that have impacted their lives?

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

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

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

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