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

2. What color is the cardigan that Phoebe finds on the chair?
(a) Purple.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

3. How long was Gramps' father gone when his friend questioned his whereabouts?
(a) Six days.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Six years.
(d) Six months.

4. How does Sal's father describe Sal?
(a) Spoiled.
(b) Mean.
(c) Hyper.
(d) Gullible.

5. How long did Sal's father have his car?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of stories did Sal's mother enjoy reading?

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

3. What's written on the letter that Phoebe's mother Mrs. Winterbottom left for Mr. Winterbottom.

4. On Saturday, the girls notice Mrs. Cadaver doing what?

5. How long before the story begins did Sal and her father move?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Sal try to warn her father about Margaret?

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

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

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