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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sal asks Margaret what her plans are as far as what?
(a) Children.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Moving in with them.
(d) A new house.

2. Why does the message-leaver say that they left notes for Phoebe?
(a) They wanted them to think there was a mystery to solve.
(b) They thought they would be good surprises.
(c) They wanted to distract Phoebe from her schoolwork.
(d) They wanted to creep Sal and Phoebe out.

3. How long have Gram and Gramps been married?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Twenty-seven years.
(c) Forty-two years.
(d) Fifty-one years.

4. When Margaret asks Sal whether she likes Mr. Birkway, how does Sal respond?
(a) "Not at all."
(b) "He's ok."
(c) "I suppose."
(d) "I hate his guts."

5. How does Sal find out that Mike is Sergeant Bickle's son?
(a) She sees a picture of them together.
(b) A note on Phoebe's porch said so.
(c) Sergeant Bickle tells her.
(d) She finds Mike's birth certificate.

6. When Sal is at the lookout, where is the bus?
(a) Across the road.
(b) A mile down the road.
(c) At the bottom of the hill.
(d) In the next town.

7. How does Prudence respond to Mike at first?
(a) She yells at him.
(b) She hits him.
(c) She ignores him.
(d) She flirts with him.

8. When Mrs. Winterbottom first introduces Mike, how does Mr. Winterbottom look?
(a) Sad.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Excited.
(d) Enraged.

9. What does Ben give Sal as a gift in Chapter 40?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A notebook.

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

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

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

13. What does Gramps name his new beagle puppy?
(a) Moody Blue.
(b) Huzza Huzza.
(c) Max.
(d) Sadie.

14. Sal says that her mother is not gone, but is actually where?
(a) Beside her.
(b) In her heart.
(c) In the trees.
(d) In the air.

15. What is draped on Margaret's sofa?
(a) A bearskin.
(b) A homemade afghan.
(c) A quilt.
(d) Plastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mr. Cadaver die?

2. Besides Ben and Phoebe, who does Sal write to?

3. What gift did Gram receive from the egg man?

4. Why does Alex feel betrayed by what Mary Lou wrote in her journal?

5. When Phoebe and Sal talk to the man at the desk at the university, what does he tell them?

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