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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. How is Phoebe's journal decorated?
(a) With pictures of male models.
(b) A cartoon is drawn on it.
(c) It is plain.
(d) With stars and rainbows.

2. The day her mother made brownies, where was Prudence prior to returning home?
(a) The movies.
(b) Cheerleading tryouts.
(c) A date.
(d) The library.

3. Why does Sal's father let her go on the trip with her grandparents?
(a) He thinks that Sal needs to bond with her grandparents.
(b) He does not think his parents can read maps.
(c) He wants a break from spending time with Sal.
(d) He wants Sal to learn how to drive.

4. What is Mary Lou's last name?
(a) Finney.
(b) Finnegan.
(c) Flannigan.
(d) Flaherty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?

2. What is hidden under the floorboards of Sal's room along with her mother's hair?

3. What is the name of the boy from the river?

4. Phoebe demands that her father calls __________.

5. What flower does Sal's father leave at her place at the table?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Phoebe act at dinner with the Finneys? Why do you think she acted this way?

2. What do you think Mrs. Winterbottom means when she asks whether her daughters think she leads a tiny life?

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

4. How does Megan catch Phoebe in her lie about where her mother is?

5. Why does Sal feel guilty about her mother's miscarriage?

6. Why did both Sal and Phoebe lie about where their mothers were when they first left?

7. Why does the blackberry pie trigger a negative memory for Sal?

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

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

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

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