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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sergeant Bickle do when Phoebe presents evidence that her mother was kidnapped?

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

3. What is the maiden name of Sal's mother?

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

5. Both Phoebe and Sal rationalized that their mothers wouldn't leave without their favorite what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of Gram and Gramps' marriage bed?

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

4. What evidence does Phoebe present to Sergeant Bickle as proof that her mother was kidnapped?

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

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

7. Why were Grandparents Hiddle arrested, and what does this show about them?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the factors that motivated Sal's mother to leave her family. Use specific quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Sal want to hate Margaret? Explain how and why her feelings about Margaret change.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Sal's grandparents on each side of her family: their personalities, relationships, and roles in the story.

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