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

2. How is the Finney household best described?
(a) Tense.
(b) Secretive.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Chaotic.

3. About how old is the young man who rings Phoebe's doorbell?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fourteen.

4. What is the maiden name of Sal's mother?
(a) O'Leary.
(b) Simmons.
(c) Pickford.
(d) Rutherford.

5. Sal finds Mr. Birkway to be strange and _______.
(a) Wonderful.
(b) Energetic.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Lethargic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Sal's grandparents stopped by the police while driving?

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

3. What is Mary Lou's last name?

4. According to Ben's report, what was the only thing left in Pandora's box?

5. While Phoebe, Ben, Mary Lou, and Sal were walking home from school, who did they run in to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Megan catch Phoebe in her lie about where her mother is?

2. At the beginning of the story, where is Sal's mother and why?

3. Why does Phoebe think that Margaret is a murderer?

4. How does Phoebe act at dinner with the Finneys? Why do you think she acted this way?

5. Why do you think that the whispers changed again to "rush, hurry, rush"?

6. How is Phoebe's journal decorated, and why is this important?

7. How does Sal's father respond to the news that Mrs. Winterbottom has left, and why is this important?

8. Why did both Sal and Phoebe lie about where their mothers were when they first left?

9. Why is it significant that Ben and Sal draw the same thing in class?

10. Why did Sal's mother say that she felt rotten in comparison to Sal's father?

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