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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 does Mr. Winterbottom look when he is called to the police station to get Phoebe and Sal?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Upset.
(d) Confused.

2. How is the Finney household best described?
(a) Secretive.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Tense.
(d) Chaotic.

3. What changes as they travel through South Dakota towards the Badlands?
(a) The whispers.
(b) Drivers.
(c) Their route.
(d) The weather.

4. What flavor does Sal detect in the kiss of all trees?
(a) Mint.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Maple.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How old did the man at the State Fair guess that Phoebe's father was?

4. Where does Phoebe say her mother went to while in England?

5. Who teaches Sal how to drive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the fact that Sugar cut her long hair important?

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

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

5. Why do you think that the whispers changed again to "rush, hurry, rush"?

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

7. What does Sal realize after she says that she wanted to tell Phoebe that Mrs. Winterbottom's leaving was not Phoebe's fault?

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

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

10. Describe the atmosphere in Madison, Wisconsin.

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