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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 does Gramps offer the boy from the river at the hospital?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) An invitation to join them.
(c) Advice
(d) Ten dollars.

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

3. What type of stories did Sal's mother enjoy reading?
(a) Stories about cowboys and Indians.
(b) Stories about reincarnation.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Non-fiction.

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

5. About how old is the young man who rings Phoebe's doorbell?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Fourteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Phoebe goes downstairs to say goodnight to her father, what does she notice he had been doing?

2. How is the Finney household best described?

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

4. What did Mr. Birkway ask everyone to do in 15 seconds?

5. How do Sal and her grandparents react to seeing Mount Rushmore?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sal's father respond to the news that Mrs. Winterbottom has left, and why is this important?

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

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

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

5. Why did Sal's mother say that she felt rotten in comparison to Sal's father?

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

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

8. Why does Sal flinch every time someone touches her?

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

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

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