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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. How did Mclean's parents know where she was when she left the beach house?
(a) Her mother's friend saw her check in at the hotel.
(b) Mclean called her father.
(c) David told her father.
(d) She texted her father.

2. David tells Mclean the story behind his ________________.
(a) Haircut.
(b) Scar.
(c) Scholarship.
(d) Tattoo.

3. What does Mclean do with her stepsister and stepbrother while her mother unloads the car at the beach house?
(a) Takes them to the water.
(b) Gives them a bath.
(c) Feeds them supper.
(d) Tucks them in bed.

4. What are David and his father doing when Mclean goes outside?
(a) Practicing putting.
(b) Playing pitch and catch.
(c) Cleaning out the garage.
(d) Painting the fence.

5. Where does Mclean go when school lets out early?
(a) The bakery.
(b) Home.
(c) The movies.
(d) The restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Mclean and her mother stay on their beach vacation?

2. What is Katherine's response when Mclean confronts her for the choices she has made?

3. What does Mclean tell David that she is having for dinner?

4. What does Mclean do with Deb and David when school lets out early?

5. What do the students want to include on the model?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Mclean so upset that she takes off from the beach house in her old car?

2. Explain the foreshadowing used by the author when she mentions Mclean's old car?

3. What does Mclean offer to do in exchange for her mother dropping the new custody arrangement?

4. How does Mclean's mother respond when Mclean confronts her on the phone about the choices her mother has made that have impacted their lives?

5. What has happened to David as a result of Mclean's calling him to come to the Poseidon the night she was so upset?

6. What is different about this new place for Mclean and her father that typically doesn't happen?

7. What does Lindsay do with Mclean's father at the restaurant that flusters Opal and starts to make Mclean feel like she's on shaky ground?

8. Why does Mclean feel like she is being pushed out of her mother's house when she sees her things in storage and where does she go for a feeling of solidity?

9. How does Mclean learn about her father's new job in Hawaii and how does she feel about going there?

10. Why do Mclean and Deb especially enjoy going to Riley's house for dinner?

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