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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marin think when she sees Gramps writing his letters in Chapter Twelve?
(a) He looks completely blank.
(b) He looks suspicious.
(c) He looks furious.
(d) He looks happy.

2. Who does Marin finally discover that Birdie really is?
(a) Her mother Claire.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her sister.

3. What is Marin's experience of eating dinner like in Chapter Nine?
(a) She eats ravenously.
(b) She eats without tasting anything.
(c) She finds she can not really eat.
(d) She gives all her food to Mabel because she can not stand the thought of Mabel being hungry.

4. What does Marin remember having in their pockets with Mabel on the morning after the beach?
(a) Treasures.
(b) Food.
(c) Books.
(d) Money.

5. What news does Mabel share with Marin about her own family in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Her cousin is moving to Thailand.
(b) Her mother is dying.
(c) Her sister is getting married.
(d) Her brother and sister-in-law are having a baby.

6. What happens at the end of Chapter Eight that startles Marin and Mabel?
(a) A ceiling collapse.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A crack of lightening.
(d) A power outage.

7. What does Mabel say about Gramps in hindsight?
(a) He seemed sick for a long time.
(b) He seemed happy.
(c) He was never nice to Mabel.
(d) He was never really nice to Marin.

8. What do Ana and Javier tell Marin to do when she calls them in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Get something to eat.
(b) Get out of the house.
(c) Call Mabel.
(d) Wait for the police, who they will call.

9. What did Mabel and Marin do when the power went out during their sophomore year?
(a) Marin read to Mabel all night.
(b) Marin and Mabel ate all the food in the fridge.
(c) Marin and Mabel went on a night hike.
(d) Marin and Mabel went to the beach.

10. What does Mabel do at the end of Chapter Eleven that Marin appreciates?
(a) Tells Marin she forgives her.
(b) Tells Marin she wants to go to the same college as Marin.
(c) Holds Marin's hand.
(d) Kisses Marin.

11. What character does Marin think of when getting ready for bed in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Hester Prynne.
(b) Romeo.
(c) Jayne Eyre.
(d) Madame Bovary.

12. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Mabel ask Marin about when she first moved to the college town?
(a) Where she stayed.
(b) What kind of job she got.
(c) Who her first friend was.
(d) What she ate.

13. In Chapter Eighteen, what does Marin tell Mabel?
(a) Gramps had told Marin to move out and never come back.
(b) Gramps had had a lot of guns in the house.
(c) Gramps had been stealing money for decades.
(d) Gramps had been making up replies from "Birdie," who was not even real, in the letters he was constantly writing.

14. What does Marin ask Mabel in Chapter Twenty?
(a) If her parents really love Marin.
(b) If Marin can really trust Ben.
(c) If Gramps is really dead.
(d) If Mabel really loves Jake.

15. What is Marin's usual dinner routine?
(a) Eating with Gramps after he cooked around 6 every night.
(b) Going out to eat on her own.
(c) Eating with Mabel's family.
(d) Eating with Sister Josephine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marin suggest she and Mabel do in case the power outage lasts a long time?

2. What does Marin tell Mabel about the other people at the motel?

3. What do the police tell Marin they think happened to Gramps?

4. Where does Marin say Gramps really lived in the house they shared?

5. Why do Mabel's parents clean out her brother's room?

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