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

2. Why does Sal's father let her go on the trip with her grandparents?

3. What is the name of the boy from the river?

4. What changes as they travel through South Dakota towards the Badlands?

5. How many other sons did Sal's grandparents have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sergeant Bickle react to Phoebe's evidence? Why do you think he reacts that way?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think is the main message the author is trying to convey in Walk Two Moons. Use many examples from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

How does the point of view affect the story? How would the story be different if it was told from another point of view?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze in detail how Sal and Phoebe both allowed guilt to determine their actions.

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