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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. Where does Mclean go when school lets out early?
(a) The movies.
(b) The bakery.
(c) The restaurant.
(d) Home.

2. Who asks Mclean what she is going to do since the restaurant is closing?
(a) Heather.
(b) Riley.
(c) Jason.
(d) Deb.

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

4. What game does Mclean play with David?
(a) Trivial Pursuit.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Battleship.
(d) Basketball.

5. Whom has Mclean defended all through the book?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Riley.
(d) Jason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will Mclean be going instead of going to Hawaii?

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

3. What does Mclean learn about the prep cook at the restaurant?

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

5. Mclean learns that her mother had not been talking about her at the beach house, but rather about _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Mclean misunderstood what her mother said to her friend at the beach house that had made Mclean so upset?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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