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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. What does Marin see Mabel wearing that brings back old memories of familiarity?
(a) Her coat and scarf.
(b) Her jeans.
(c) Her socks.
(d) Her sweater.

2. Who did Marin live with before coming to college?
(a) Her best friend's mother.
(b) Gramps.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her grandmother.

3. Who is Marin's English teacher in high school?
(a) Sister Josephine.
(b) Sister Jen.
(c) Sister Nancy.
(d) Sister Lucy.

4. Where do Marin and Mabel go in Chapter Six?
(a) For breakfast in town.
(b) To swim.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To play tennis.

5. What does Emily tell Marin about the surfers and Gramps?
(a) He was never mean to any of them.
(b) One day they let him have the water to himself.
(c) The surfers took up a collection for Gramps so he could have a new board.
(d) The surfers offered to pay Claire's medical bills, but Gramps refused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gramps often call Marin?

2. What does Mabel like in the pottery shop?

3. What does Mabel tell Marin she wishes there had been in relation to her grandfather's death?

4. What does Marin admit to herself that she is afraid of in Chapter Four?

5. Where is Marin's college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marin recall Gramps showing her in Chapter Five that she did not really understand at the time?

2. What arrangement did Marin and Gramps have about the physical space in their house?

3. Why is Marin struggling so much during her first months at college?

4. What does Marin like about Claudia's shop so much?

5. How does Hannah, Marin's college roommate, treat Marin?

6. What does Mabel tell Marin about her college experience that shocks Marin?

7. Why does Gramps get so angry at Sister Josephine in Part I?

8. In Chapter Seven, why does Marin also change her dress when Mabel does?

9. Why are things so awkward between Marin and Mabel in Chapter One when Mabel comes to visit?

10. What does Courtney say about Marin's living arrangement that makes Marin feel bad in Chapter Seven?

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