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

2. Why does Mclean's mother call her in Chapter 9?
(a) To ask how Gus is feeling.
(b) To get her to come to a party.
(c) To invite her to go shopping.
(d) To ask about her Christmas list.

3. What had Mclean's parents not realized about her?
(a) She has had a lot of stress since their divorce.
(b) She is in love with David.
(c) She wants to live with her mother.
(d) She is thinking of changing majors.

4. What does Mclean tell David that she is having for dinner?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Pork chops.
(d) Meat Loaf.

5. What is the name of the hotel Mclean stays in after she leaves the beach house?
(a) Palms.
(b) Tide's Inn.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Sand and Surf.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When will Mclean and Gus be leaving for his new job?

3. What shop does Mclean enter after she walks to town?

4. What does Mclean's father tell her when she comes home from school one day?

5. What is Katherine's response when Mclean confronts her for the choices she has made?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What options does Mclean have regarding her father's move to Hawaii?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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