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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. Who/What is Mclean researching at the library in Chapter 11?

2. What are Opal and the other restaurant workers talking about in Chapter 12?

3. Whom has Mclean defended all through the book?

4. What had Mclean's parents not realized about her?

5. Where is Mclean packing to go at the beginning of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mclean learn about why her mother has met with an attorney?

2. What is it about the model that makes it seem so orderly according to Mclean?

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

4. Where does Mclean go after she leaves the beach house and who does she call to comfort her?

5. What options does Mclean have regarding her father's move to Hawaii?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What is unusual about Mclean's seeing her mother on TV when David and his father are over watching the game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mclean's relationship with her mother. How does she feel about her even though she has made her life difficult at times? Is the relationship especially difficult because of Mclean's mother's infidelity and the subsequent divorce? How does Mclean's kindness and forgiveness help define their important bond?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Deb. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Opal's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of the book's title. What does the author mean by calling it simply WHAT HAPPENED TO GOODBYE? What is she trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each.

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