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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. Why does Alice tell Martha that Martha will make a good mother one day?
(a) Because she is very protective of those she loves.
(b) Because she is very patient with Lucy.
(c) Because she has a playful spirit.
(d) Because she has a nurturing attitude.

2. What has stained Godbee's hands?
(a) Varnish.
(b) Food coloring.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Furniture polish.

3. What does Martha turn to when she abandons writing the book about Olive?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Baking.
(d) Watercolors.

4. With what has Godbee filled all the baby food jars?
(a) Coins.
(b) Seashells.
(c) Colored water.
(d) Marbles.

5. Who does Martha think of after learning that Jimmy videotaped their kiss?
(a) Tate.
(b) Kyle.
(c) Olive.
(d) Jimmy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Godbee wearing in the dream she tells Martha about in Chapter 49?

2. Where does Martha find a note addressed to her?

3. Where do Dennis and Vince ask Martha to come along with them?

4. In what state does Martha's family live?

5. Why does Lucy get upset at the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Martha especially sad at the thought of having to leave Godbee?

2. What impact does Martha's slip in the water have on her?

3. What topic does Martha speak about as Jimmy films her?

4. What does Olive's journal statement about wanting to go to "a real ocean" foreshadow?

5. How does Godbee feel about her colored water experiment?

6. Why does Jimmy ask Martha if she has ever been kissed? What are the circumstances in which Jimmy kisses Martha?

7. How does Martha decide to act after learning that Jimmy filmed their kiss?

8. What is the symbolism of Martha's painting Olive's name in ocean water on the hot sidewalk?

9. What is the content of the note that Tate leaves for Martha under Godbee's doormat.

10. Why is Martha so conflicted when Dennis and Vince ask her to go with them to the Benton Place?

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