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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. What is the name of the boy from the river?
(a) Tom Fleet.
(b) Alex Cheevey.
(c) Tom Fleece.
(d) Tim Fleet.

2. What type of tree is the "singing tree"?
(a) Oak.
(b) Aspen.
(c) Maple.
(d) Elm.

3. How would Phoebe's family best be described?
(a) Inattentive.
(b) Uptight.
(c) Fun-loving.
(d) Lenient.

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

5. According to Ben's report, what was the only thing left in Pandora's box?
(a) Hope.
(b) Plague.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of their trip do Sal and her grandparents reach Mount Rushmore?

2. How does Mr. Winterbottom look when he is called to the police station to get Phoebe and Sal?

3. What was in Lewiston, Idaho, for Sal's mother?

4. What does Phoebe lecture the Finneys about?

5. The first day of school after her mother left, Phoebe's expression was?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Phoebe think that Margaret is a murderer?

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

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

7. On the second day of the weekend sleepover, what does Ben perceive about Phoebe?

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

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

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

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