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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Sal and her grandparents react to seeing Mount Rushmore?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They are disappointed.
(c) They are in awe.
(d) They want to explore the landmark for hours.

2. How old did the man at the State Fair guess that Phoebe's father was?
(a) Thirty-eight.
(b) Fifty-two.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Forty-five.

3. Where does Phoebe tell the girls at school her mother went?
(a) None of their business.
(b) New York.
(c) A business trip.
(d) London.

4. How long did Sal's father have his car?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 15 years.

5. When Phoebe goes downstairs to say goodnight to her father, what does she notice he had been doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Drinking.

6. For whom is the young man on Phoebe's porch looking?
(a) Phoebe's father.
(b) Prudence.
(c) Phoebe's mother.
(d) Phoebe.

7. Who teaches Sal how to drive?
(a) Gramps.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Gran.

8. At what hotel do Sal and her grandparents stay outside of Chicago?
(a) Sleepy Inn.
(b) Howard Johnson.
(c) Day's Inn.
(d) Super 8 Motel.

9. What object do the girls see Ben lift from the sidewalk?
(a) A bat.
(b) An ax.
(c) A machete.
(d) A stick.

10. How does Phoebe react to the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?
(a) She say it is terrifying.
(b) She says that it is murder.
(c) She says that it is boring.
(d) She says that the man died naturally.

11. What did Sal's mother leave for her when she left?
(a) A locket.
(b) A picture.
(c) A book.
(d) A letter.

12. What does Gram threaten to do when Gramps swears too much?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Break his legs.
(c) Go back to the egg man.
(d) Find a new man.

13. What is the real age of Phoebe's father?
(a) Forty-five.
(b) Fifty-two.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Thirty-eight.

14. What does Phoebe imagine that Mrs. Cadaver and Mr. Birkway may be doing?
(a) Disguising her husband's grave with a rhododendron.
(b) Landscaping.
(c) Writing a mystery novel.
(d) Having an affair.

15. Why does Phoebe refuse her mother's brownie?
(a) She doesn't like her mother's baking.
(b) She just had a snack.
(c) She isn't hungry.
(d) She thinks she is too fat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sal grow up?

2. How does Sal's father describe Sal?

3. When having dinner at Phoebe's, what food reminds Sal of her mother?

4. According to Ben's report, what was the only thing left in Pandora's box?

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

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