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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sal tell Sergeant Bickle is her name?
(a) Salamanca.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Tina.
(d) Susan.

2. When Phoebe and Sal talk to the man at the desk at the university, what does he tell them?
(a) Where Mike studies.
(b) Where Mike shops.
(c) Where Mike hangs out.
(d) Where Mike's room is.

3. Mrs. Winterbottom finally reveals that Mike is whom?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her cousin.

4. Who sits next to Phoebe when Mr. Birkway comes to visit?
(a) Prudence.
(b) Mr. Winterbottom.
(c) Mary Lou.
(d) Sal.

5. What does the sheriff do when he sees Sal at the lookout?
(a) Arrests Sal.
(b) Threatens to call Sal's parents.
(c) Demands an explanation.
(d) Asks if she is ok.

6. What does Gram say that Old Faithful looks like?
(a) An oil gush.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A canon.

7. What do Mr. Winterbottom and Prudence spend the night doing before Mrs. Winterbottom comes home?
(a) Looking at pictures.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Watching TV.
(d) Crying.

8. What was the name of the dog that Sal had as a child?
(a) Huzza Huzza.
(b) Moody Blue.
(c) Max.
(d) Sadie.

9. Who came to visit Gramps the day after Gram was buried?
(a) Sal's father.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Mr. Winterbottom.

10. What book do Sal and Phoebe see someone reading at Margaret's house?
(a) The Last Defense.
(b) Murder at the Monroe's.
(c) Murder at Midnight.
(d) The Pit and the Pendulum.

11. Why did Sal's dog push her puppies away?
(a) She was dying.
(b) She was weaning them.
(c) They bit her.
(d) She did not like them.

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

13. What does Phoebe's father do that is unusual the first time he meets Mike?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Orders him to leave.
(c) Spits.
(d) Swears.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the message-leaver say that they left notes for Phoebe?

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

3. How long have Gram and Gramps been married?

4. Where is Sal's mother buried?

5. Why does Sal feel queasy when she and her grandparents drive through Montana?

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