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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. What does Sal notice about her father in the garage when she returns home?
(a) He was laughing.
(b) He was crying.
(c) He was lazy.
(d) He was angry.

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

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

4. How is Phoebe's journal decorated?
(a) It is plain.
(b) With pictures of male models.
(c) A cartoon is drawn on it.
(d) With stars and rainbows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Mrs. Winterbottom call to let her family know she was okay?

2. Why is Sal unhappy about sightseeing in Madison?

3. How many brothers does Mary Lou have?

4. What object do the girls see Ben lift from the sidewalk?

5. What type of stories did Sal's mother enjoy reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sal flinch every time someone touches her?

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

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

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

5. How does Phoebe react to the Finney house, and why does she react that way?

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

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

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

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

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