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

2. What type of tree is the "singing tree"?

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

4. The first day of school after her mother left, Phoebe's expression was?

5. Whom did Mrs. Winterbottom call to let her family know she was okay?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Megan catch Phoebe in her lie about where her mother is?

5. Why does Sal feel guilty about her mother's miscarriage?

6. Why do you think that the whispers changed again to "rush, hurry, rush"?

7. What do you think Mrs. Winterbottom means when she asks whether her daughters think she leads a tiny life?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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