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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 Sal dream about the night they sleep in the water bed?

2. What was drawn inside the shape of the drawing that Sal thought was Phoebe's?

3. What is Mary Lou's last name?

4. What do Christy and Megan call their club?

5. Where does Phoebe tell the girls at school her mother went?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the fact that Sugar cut her long hair important?

3. How is Phoebe's journal decorated, and why is this important?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has Sal learned to deal with death and loss throughout the narrative? What attitude does she have toward death and loss at the end of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the settings in which the novel primarily takes place. How do each of these settings affect the story?

Essay Topic 3

Explain why you think Native American heritage was so important to Sal and her mother.

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