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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. How does Phoebe feel when Mr. Birkway is done talking to her at her house?

2. When Mrs. Winterbottom calls to say that she is coming home, she asks her family not to do what?

3. Where do Sal and her grandparents stay on their first night in Idaho?

4. What gift did Gramps give to Gram the night that she died?

5. Who stops Gram from climbing under the rope at Old Faithful?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you think Sal knows to ask for Ben's mother at the hospital?

2. What does Sal realize when Phoebe shows her things that remind Phoebe of her mother?

3. When does Sal know for sure that her mother is not coming back?

4. Why is Sal disappointed when she finds out that Mr. Birkway is Margaret's twin brother?

5. Why does Phoebe feel embarrassed when Mr. Birkway comes to her house?

6. Why does Sal's view of Mrs. Cadaver change after Mr. Birkway visits Phoebe?

7. What did Ben write in his journal, and why does it upset Sal?

8. What do Sal and Phoebe discover when they go the university?

9. How does Mr. Birkway attempt to hide the identity of the journal's owners, and why does this fail?

10. How does Sal feel whenever she is with Ben and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why does Sal want to hate Margaret? Explain how and why her feelings about Margaret change.

Essay Topic 3

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

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