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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sal find out that Mike is Sergeant Bickle's son?
(a) She sees a picture of them together.
(b) Sergeant Bickle tells her.
(c) She finds Mike's birth certificate.
(d) A note on Phoebe's porch said so.

2. When Phoebe and Sal talk to the man at the desk at the university, what does he tell them?
(a) Where Mike shops.
(b) Where Mike's room is.
(c) Where Mike studies.
(d) Where Mike hangs out.

3. How does Prudence respond to Mike at first?
(a) She flirts with him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She yells at him.
(d) She hits him.

4. What happens between Sal and Ben at the hospital?
(a) They run into someone from school.
(b) They have an argument.
(c) They kiss.
(d) The eat lunch.

5. What does Mr. Birkway do the day after he reads the journals?
(a) He apologizes to the class.
(b) He reads his own journal.
(c) He makes people read their own journals.
(d) He lies and says that the journals were fake.

6. What does Sal imagine Margaret doing?
(a) Touching her husband's face.
(b) Reading her journal.
(c) Giving someone a shot.
(d) Kissing Sal's father.

7. What does Phoebe call Sergeant Bickle when he does not seem to take her seriously?
(a) Lame.
(b) Murderer.
(c) Moron.
(d) Idiot.

8. What does Phoebe call Mrs. Cadaver in her journal?
(a) Mrs. Autopsy.
(b) Mrs. Death.
(c) Mrs. Grave.
(d) Mrs. Corpse.

9. Sal says that her mother is not gone, but is actually where?
(a) In her heart.
(b) In the air.
(c) In the trees.
(d) Beside her.

10. How does Phoebe feel when Mr. Birkway is done talking to her at her house?
(a) Upset.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Dejected.

11. What is draped on Margaret's sofa?
(a) A bearskin.
(b) A quilt.
(c) Plastic.
(d) A homemade afghan.

12. Where do Sal and her grandparents stay on their first night in Idaho?
(a) Coeur d'Alene.
(b) Last Chance.
(c) Gibson.
(d) Lewiston.

13. At the end of the story, Sal says that she is jealous of how many things?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

14. Why Mr. Birkway come to Phoebe's house?
(a) To see Mr. Winterbottom.
(b) To compliment Phoebe's writing skills.
(c) To apologize to her.
(d) To comment on Phoebe's grades.

15. Where does Sal tell Sergeant Bickle she met his son when she calls him?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) In class.
(c) The library.
(d) On the bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sal thinks that she and her grandparents can get to Idaho on her mother's birthday, if she continuously does what?

2. Who came to visit Gramps the day after Gram was buried?

3. How long does it take Sal to drive to Lewiston?

4. Why does Alex feel betrayed by what Mary Lou wrote in her journal?

5. What does Sergeant Bickle tell Sal about Mike?

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