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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whom has Mclean defended all through the book?
2. What does Mclean not have for the beach vacation?
3. Where can David not go since he is grounded?
4. What shop does Mclean enter after she walks to town?
5. What is Katherine's response when Mclean confronts her for the choices she has made?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How is this trip to the beach different from other trips there for Mclean and her mother?
3. What is unusual about Mclean's seeing her mother on TV when David and his father are over watching the game?
4. How does Mclean learn about her father's new job in Hawaii and how does she feel about going there?
5. What are Mclean's evolving thoughts about what home really is as she and her parents talk about the future?
6. Where does Mclean go after she leaves the beach house and who does she call to comfort her?
7. 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?
8. What do her friends confront Mclean about that makes her run from the restaurant where she had been helping with the model?
9. How are Mcean's relationships with her parents and David making her feel more content now?
10. What good comes out of Mclean's stay at the Poseidon regarding her parents' views of her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain Sarah Dessen's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where she did.
Essay Topic 2
Create a brief character study of Mclean. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?
Essay Topic 3
Emotional insecurity takes on an almost human persona in this book. What were the sources of emotional insecurity in the story? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.
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