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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. Who does Phoebe see Mike kissing at the university?
(a) Prudence.
(b) Mrs. Partridge.
(c) Mrs. Winterbottom.
(d) Margaret.

2. How do Sal and Phoebe get to the university?
(a) The bus.
(b) Sal drives them.
(c) The train.
(d) Sal's father drives them.

3. What book do Sal and Phoebe see someone reading at Margaret's house?
(a) Murder at the Monroe's.
(b) The Last Defense.
(c) Murder at Midnight.
(d) The Pit and the Pendulum.

4. Why is Gramps worried as they drive into Idaho?
(a) He is feeling carsick.
(b) The car is making squealing sounds.
(c) Gram seems ill.
(d) They are not making good time.

5. What does Beth Ann say about Mary Lou in her journal?
(a) Mary Lou is poor.
(b) Mary Lou is boring.
(c) Mary Lou is smelly.
(d) Mary Lou is stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sal says that her mother is not gone, but is actually where?

2. On what day of her trip with her grandparents do they arrive at Yellowstone?

3. What happens between Sal and Ben at the hospital?

4. What embarrassing thing does Mr. Birkway reveal in Sal's journal?

5. Why does the message-leaver say that they left notes for Phoebe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sal and Phoebe discover when they go the university?

2. How do each of Mrs. Winterbottom's family members react to the news that Mike Bickle is her son?

3. How have the journal readings affected everyone in English class?

4. What does Sal realize was the reason behind her car trip to Idaho with her grandparents?

5. How does Sal feel whenever she is with Ben and why?

6. What did Ben write in his journal, and why does it upset Sal?

7. Why does Sal's view of Mrs. Cadaver change after Mr. Birkway visits Phoebe?

8. When does Sal know for sure that her mother is not coming back?

9. Why does Ben's mother remind Sal of her own mother?

10. Where does Sal tell the sheriff in Longwood that her mother really is? Why?

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