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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what site do Sal and her Gram stop after they leave Madison?
(a) Rhinelander Logging Museum.
(b) Museum of Woodcarving.
(c) House on the Rock.
(d) The Wisconsin Dells.

2. How long did Gramps follow Gram before asking her father for permission to marry her?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 22 weeks.
(c) 22 days.
(d) 2 months.

3. Sal finds Mr. Birkway to be strange and _______.
(a) Handsome.
(b) Energetic.
(c) Lethargic.
(d) Wonderful.

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

5. The first day of school after her mother left, Phoebe's expression was?
(a) A sealed, thin smile.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Stoic.
(d) Cold and blank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe do all weekend at Sal's house?

2. Why were Sal's grandparents stopped by the police while driving?

3. How does Phoebe react to the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?

4. What does Sergeant Bickle do when Phoebe presents evidence that her mother was kidnapped?

5. How does Sal feel right after her mother leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Grandparents Hiddle arrested, and what does this show about them?

2. Why is it significant that Ben and Sal draw the same thing in class?

3. What evidence does Phoebe present to Sergeant Bickle as proof that her mother was kidnapped?

4. Why does Sal's father allow Sal to go on the car trip with her grandparents?

5. How does Phoebe react to the Finney house, and why does she react that way?

6. Who rings Phoebe's doorbell, and what does he want?

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

8. How does Sal notices that Phoebe and Prudence have "their own agendas" after their mother burns the brownies?

9. At the beginning of the story, where is Sal's mother and why?

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

(see the answer keys)

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