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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. What is the first thing Mabel does when they get back to the dorm in Chapter Fourteen?

2. What is Marin's experience of eating dinner like in Chapter Nine?

3. What is awkward about the sleeping arrangements between Marin and Mabel in Chapter Eleven?

4. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Mabel ask Marin about when she first moved to the college town?

5. Where does Marin go most mornings after Mabel leaves for college in Chapter Seventeen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marin leave right from the police station for the airport?

2. What is awkward at Tommy's house for Marin and Mabel?

3. In Chapter Fifteen, what did Marin notice was wrong with Gramps?

4. How does Gramps react when he sees Marin and Mabel after the night they sneak out?

5. In Chapter Nine, who comes to take care of Marin and Mabel in the blizzard?

6. In Chapter Fifteen, why are both Marin and Mabel relieved when Marin declines the invitation to drive Mabel to college with Mabel's parents?

7. In Chapter Seventeen, what does the stranger on the beach ask Marin that repulses her?

8. How does Marin suspect Gramps was able to send her to college?

9. What does Marin ask Mabel about in detail in Chapter Fourteen that is hard for Marin to do but she knows is the right thing?

10. What happens in Chapter Eight that scares Marin and Mabel a bit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the power outage and staying at the groundskeeper's house change the dynamic between Marin and Mabel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of Gramps's most loving actions that Marin tries to hold on to when the full magnitude of his betrayal and deception hits her in the aftermath of his death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does literature mean to Marin, and what lessons does she seem to take from it as she navigates a shocking and tragic time in her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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