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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 does Mclean run into at the library?
2. Why is Gus pleased about the inclement weather?
3. Mclean learns that home isn't actually a specific location, it is ________________________.
4. What impresses Mclean most about the dinner?
5. Who is with her father when Mclean returns home?
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 are Mcean's relationships with her parents and David making her feel more content now?
3. Why do Mclean and Deb especially enjoy going to Riley's house for dinner?
4. What is different about this new place for Mclean and her father that typically doesn't happen?
5. What makes Mclean so upset that she takes off from the beach house in her old car?
6. 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?
7. What does Mclean learn about why her mother has met with an attorney?
8. What does Mclean offer to do in exchange for her mother dropping the new custody arrangement?
9. What options does Mclean have regarding her father's move to Hawaii?
10. Where does Mclean go after she leaves the beach house and who does she call to comfort her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author used more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two examples about loss in the book and then explain why the examples support the theme.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Mclean's relationship with her mother. How does she feel about her even though she has made her life difficult at times? Is the relationship especially difficult because of Mclean's mother's infidelity and the subsequent divorce? How does Mclean's kindness and forgiveness help define their important bond?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Deb. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Opal's character in the novel?
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