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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. How would Phoebe's family best be described?
(a) Lenient.
(b) Fun-loving.
(c) Uptight.
(d) Inattentive.

2. What happened to Sal three weeks before her baby sibling was due?
(a) She lost her mother's locket.
(b) She found money in the woods.
(c) She broke her leg.
(d) She broke her arm.

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

4. How does Mr. Winterbottom look when he is called to the police station to get Phoebe and Sal?
(a) Upset.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confused.
(d) Embarrassed.

5. How does Sal's father describe Sal?
(a) Mean.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Gullible.
(d) Hyper.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what town do they detour just before reaching the South Dakota border?

2. What does Mrs. Winterbottom do after the Phoebe and Sal return home from school?

3. How long before the story begins did Sal and her father move?

4. How do Sal and her grandparents react to seeing Mount Rushmore?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Sal notices that Phoebe and Prudence have "their own agendas" after their mother burns the brownies?

6. What does Sal realize after she says that she wanted to tell Phoebe that Mrs. Winterbottom's leaving was not Phoebe's fault?

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

8. Why do you think that the whispers changed from saying "rush, rush," to "slow down, slow down"?

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

10. On the second day of the weekend sleepover, what does Ben perceive about Phoebe?

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