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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 is Sal unhappy about sightseeing in Madison?
(a) She does not think that her grandparents are taking enough time at each tourist spot.
(b) She thinks that Madison is boring.
(c) She does not like the atmosphere in Madison.
(d) She thinks they are not traveling fast enough.

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

3. Why does Phoebe refuse her mother's brownie?
(a) She just had a snack.
(b) She isn't hungry.
(c) She doesn't like her mother's baking.
(d) She thinks she is too fat.

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

5. Whom did Mrs. Winterbottom call to let her family know she was okay?
(a) Mr. Winterbottom.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Mr. Birkway.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Winterbottom look when he is called to the police station to get Phoebe and Sal?

2. At what hotel do Sal and her grandparents stay outside of Chicago?

3. Where did Sal grow up?

4. When returning from the drug store, Ben comments that Sal does what every time someone touches her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do you think Mrs. Winterbottom means when she asks whether her daughters think she leads a tiny life?

3. Describe the atmosphere in Madison, Wisconsin.

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

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

6. How did Sal feel when her mother left, and why?

7. Why does the blackberry pie trigger a negative memory for Sal?

8. Why does Sal's father allow Sal to go on the car trip with her grandparents?

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

10. How does Sal try to warn her father about Margaret?

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