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

2. Whom does Mclean run into at the library?
(a) Heather.
(b) Jason.
(c) Riley.
(d) Peter.

3. What does Mclean discover about her mother during the week they spend at the beach?
(a) Her mother is pregnant again.
(b) Her mother regrets leaving her father.
(c) Her mother really is still her mother.
(d) Her mother never really loved her.

4. What does Mclean learn about why David never showed up at the hotel?
(a) He ran out of gas.
(b) He got grounded.
(c) His car broke down.
(d) He got lost.

5. Mclean learns that her friends have discovered her ____________________ on a social networking site.
(a) Other identities.
(b) Birthday photos.
(c) Birthday.
(d) Hobbies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mclean tell David that she is having for dinner?

2. Chuckles makes many different references to ________________.

3. Mclean learns that home isn't actually a specific location, it is ________________________.

4. What does Mclean offer to do if her mother will drop the legal action?

5. Why does Mclean's mother call her in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Mclean's evolving thoughts about what home really is as she and her parents talk about the future?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Mclean feel about being in this town after living here for two months?

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

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

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

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

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