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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What embarrassing thing does Mr. Birkway reveal in Sal's journal?
(a) Sal cannot read very well.
(b) Sal cries every night.
(c) Sal kisses trees.
(d) Sal likes Ben.

2. Sal thinks that she and her grandparents can get to Idaho on her mother's birthday, if she continuously does what?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Ignores her grandparents.
(c) Asks where they are.
(d) Prays.

3. How does what happens between Sal and Ben make Sal feel?
(a) "Like a newborn kitten."
(b) "Awful!"
(c) "As full as she can be!"
(d) "Like a newborn filly."

4. How does Sal find out that Mike is Sergeant Bickle's son?
(a) Sergeant Bickle tells her.
(b) She sees a picture of them together.
(c) A note on Phoebe's porch said so.
(d) She finds Mike's birth certificate.

5. Who do Phoebe and Sal run into when they break into Margaret's house?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Mr. Birkway.
(c) Sal's father.
(d) Mrs. Partridge.

6. How does Prudence respond to Mike at first?
(a) She yells at him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She hits him.
(d) She flirts with him.

7. Sal says that her mother is not gone, but is actually where?
(a) In her heart.
(b) In the trees.
(c) Beside her.
(d) In the air.

8. What is different about how Mrs. Winterbottom looks when Phoebe sees her at the university?
(a) Her hair is shorter.
(b) Her hair is longer.
(c) She is wearing a lot of jewelry.
(d) She has a tan.

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

10. Sal asks Margaret what her plans are as far as what?
(a) Children.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Moving in with them.
(d) A new house.

11. Why does Sal feel queasy when she and her grandparents drive through Montana?
(a) There is someone following them.
(b) She ate some bad food.
(c) She is nervous.
(d) The roads are curvy.

12. What did Gramps do when he found Gram's gift from the egg man?
(a) He told Gram to leave.
(b) He nearly killed the egg man.
(c) He told the egg man to leave Gram alone.
(d) He threatened to beat up the egg man.

13. When Sal lies awake the whole night, who is she thinking about?
(a) Mrs. Cadaver.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Mr. Winterbottom.

14. What is engraved on Sugar Hiddle's grave?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A blackberry.
(c) A tulip.
(d) A maple tree.

15. What art does Margaret have on her walls?
(a) Watercolor landscapes.
(b) Sketches of trees and flowers.
(c) Abstract paintings.
(d) Drawings of wild animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mr. Cadaver die?

2. Besides Ben and Phoebe, who does Sal write to?

3. What does Phoebe's father do that is unusual the first time he meets Mike?

4. What does Phoebe call Sergeant Bickle when he does not seem to take her seriously?

5. What was the name of the dog that Sal had as a child?

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