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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 Mclean's father think tells the most about a restaurant?
(a) Its basic foods.
(b) Its decor.
(c) Its pricing.
(d) Its service.

2. Who is the person sitting in Mclean's house when she first arrives there?
(a) Riley.
(b) Opal.
(c) Deb.
(d) David.

3. What community service project is Dave working on?
(a) The model.
(b) Painting lines on highways.
(c) Washing trucks.
(d) Neighborhood trash pick-up.

4. Dave tells Mclean that his parents are ________________.
(a) Scientists.
(b) Tailors.
(c) Chefs.
(d) Accountants.

5. What does Mclean do when she wakes in the night and realizes a party is going on next door?
(a) She asks the neighbors to be quiet.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She joins the party.
(d) She sits and dreams about going to a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the boy who saves Mclean from the police at the neighbor's party?

2. Why does Mclean's stepfather contact her via computer?

3. Which of the following is NOT something that upsets Mclean's mother about Mclean's life?

4. What did Mclean and her mother buy when they went on beach vacations before the divorce?

5. Where does Dave work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Riley points out something to Mclean about making friends when she helps Mclean after she injures herself at her locker? What does Riley tell her that surprises Mclean?

2. What is revealed about Mclean's transient lifestyle as she views comments on her social networking page?

3. What do the cupboards at Mclean's house reveal to David about her life and what does she tell him about her transient lifestyle?

4. Explain the nature of Mclean's relationship with her father.

5. What does David finally realize about why Mclean is not excited to be at the big game?

6. What changes does Mclean see in her mother when she spots her at the big game?

7. How is Mclean's resistance to playing basketball again and getting to know David symbolic of Mclean's inner turmoil about her life in general?

8. What happened that made Mclean feel as if she no longer fit into her mother's world?

9. Who is Peter and how is his personality revealed more in his request that Mclean go to a game with her mother?

10. How does Mclean meet Dave and what does she think about him?

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