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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What's written on the letter that Phoebe's mother Mrs. Winterbottom left for Mr. Winterbottom.
(a) "I never want to see you again."
(b) "I'm leaving you."
(c) "Please pick up some milk."
(d) "I'll call you in a few days."

2. What changes as they travel through South Dakota towards the Badlands?
(a) The whispers.
(b) Drivers.
(c) Their route.
(d) The weather.

3. On what day of their trip do Sal and her grandparents reach Mount Rushmore?
(a) The fifth day.
(b) The third day.
(c) The sixth day.
(d) The second day.

4. What does Mrs. Winterbottom do after the Phoebe and Sal return home from school?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Cook dinner.
(c) Lock the doors.
(d) Get a gun.

5. How long before the story begins did Sal and her father move?
(a) One year.
(b) Three months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

6. Why does Sal's father let her go on the trip with her grandparents?
(a) He wants Sal to learn how to drive.
(b) He does not think his parents can read maps.
(c) He thinks that Sal needs to bond with her grandparents.
(d) He wants a break from spending time with Sal.

7. Where does Phoebe tell the girls at school her mother went?
(a) None of their business.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) A business trip.

8. Why were Sal's grandparents stopped by the police while driving?
(a) They were speeding.
(b) They were swerving back and forth.
(c) They were driving on the shoulder.
(d) They were driving too slowly.

9. Where did Sal grow up?
(a) Bybanks, Kentucky.
(b) Allentown, Pennsylvania.
(c) Salem, Massachusetts.
(d) Euclid, Ohio.

10. What did Mr. Birkway ask everyone to do in 15 seconds?
(a) Draw something.
(b) Name three authors.
(c) Write a paragraph.
(d) Find Egypt on the map.

11. What does Phoebe lecture the Finneys about?
(a) Fat.
(b) Cholesterol.
(c) Household safety.
(d) High blood pressure.

12. At what body of water do Sal and her grandparents stop?
(a) Lake Erie.
(b) The Great Salt Lake.
(c) Lake Huron.
(d) Lake Michigan.

13. What does Sal dream about the night they sleep in the water bed?
(a) Floating down a river.
(b) School.
(c) Floating in the water at the beach.
(d) Sailing.

14. How many brothers does Mary Lou have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

15. To what town do they detour just before reaching the South Dakota border?
(a) Pipestone.
(b) Worthington
(c) Sioux Falls.
(d) St. Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what state are Sal and her grandparents traveling?

2. What type of tree is the "singing tree"?

3. How long did Gramps follow Gram before asking her father for permission to marry her?

4. When Phoebe goes downstairs to say goodnight to her father, what does she notice he had been doing?

5. Who wrote the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?

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