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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. While Phoebe, Ben, Mary Lou, and Sal were walking home from school, who did they run in to?
(a) Mr. Birkway.
(b) The "lunatic."
(c) Mrs. Cadaver.
(d) Sal's father.

2. What color is the cardigan that Phoebe finds on the chair?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

3. By when does Sal want to get to Lewiston?
(a) Her grandmother's birthday.
(b) Easter.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Her mother's birthday.

4. Who wrote the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Crane.
(c) Longfellow.
(d) Ginsberg.

5. What flavor does Sal detect in the kiss of all trees?
(a) Maple.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Mint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Phoebe and Sal have for dinner at the Finney's house?

2. Where did Sal grow up?

3. Why were Sal's grandparents stopped by the police while driving?

4. With whom does Mary Lou go out on a date?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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