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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marin stop using the water at the motel?
(a) Bugs crawl out of the faucet when she uses it.
(b) She thinks she hears Gramps singing every time she turns the faucet on.
(c) She thinks the water is burning her.
(d) She thinks the water is really dirty.

2. In Chapter Nineteen, what wakes Marin up?
(a) Gramps leaving the house.
(b) The cat.
(c) A car horn honking.
(d) The dog barking.

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

4. In Chapter sixteen, what does Marin feel about Mabel leaving soon?
(a) She wants Mabel to leave immediately.
(b) She knows she has to break up with Mabel to save herself.
(c) She is not ready to let Mabel go again.
(d) She knows she will never see Mabel again after she leaves.

5. What is on the wall in Tommy's living room in Chapter Eleven?
(a) An old photo.
(b) A stamp collection.
(c) A papier mache moose.
(d) A deer head.

6. What does Mabel ask Marin not to do again in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Stay at a motel.
(b) Go back to California.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Eat all her dinner before Mabel can have any.

7. What does Marin consider changing her major to in Chapter Eight?
(a) Business.
(b) Education.
(c) Natural Sciences.
(d) Art History.

8. How does Mabel think Marin might be trying to communicate her feelings to her in Chapter Eight?
(a) Through dreams.
(b) Through song.
(c) Through a poem.
(d) Through talking about art.

9. What does Marin tell Mabel about the other people at the motel?
(a) They were all very nice.
(b) They never said a single word to her.
(c) They all had big problems.
(d) The police often came for them.

10. What does Marin ask Gramps in Chapter Fifteen that he scoffs at?
(a) If he is going to stop playing poker.
(b) If he is going to stop surfing.
(c) Whether he has been to the doctor.
(d) If he has enough money to live on.

11. What does Tommy tell Marin to do if she gets into trouble over Christmas?
(a) Call her mother.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Call the dean.
(d) Call him.

12. How does Marin think Gramps had enough money to send her to college?
(a) From winning at Poker.
(b) From gambling at casinos.
(c) From his job.
(d) From investing.

13. What does Gramps think his friends are doing to him in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Talking behind his back.
(b) Poisoning his drink.
(c) Stealing his money.
(d) Planning a surprise party for him.

14. What does Marin wonder in Chapter Eight in relation to Gramps's house and how she left it?
(a) If Freeman has changed the locks at the house yet, as she asked him to do.
(b) If any of their things are still there.
(c) If the house fully burned down or not.
(d) If she will inherit the house or not.

15. What does Marin suggest she and Mabel do in case the power outage lasts a long time?
(a) Call Mabel's mother now.
(b) Make a distress flag.
(c) Eat all the food in the fridge.
(d) Turn their phones off to conserve power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Marin and Mabel run into on their way home from the beach in Chapter Ten?

2. Who does Mabel suggest Marin reach out to for company in New York?

3. What word does Mabel use to describe Gramps?

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

5. Who does Marin call when she is fully panicked about Gramps in Chapter Nineteen?

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