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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. After Mrs. Winterbottom left, Sal returned to find her father slumped over what?
(a) A chair.
(b) The photo album.
(c) The stove.
(d) A new book.

2. What do Christy and Megan call their club?
(a) BBD
(b) GCP
(c) GDP
(d) GCD

3. With whom does Mary Lou go out on a date?
(a) Ben.
(b) An older boy at school.
(c) Alex.
(d) The lunatic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gram threaten to do when Gramps swears too much?

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

3. What does Phoebe imagine that Mrs. Cadaver and Mr. Birkway may be doing?

4. What is the real age of Phoebe's father?

5. Whom did Mrs. Winterbottom call to let her family know she was okay?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Phoebe's journal decorated, and why is this important?

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

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

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

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

7. What evidence does Phoebe present to Sergeant Bickle as proof that her mother was kidnapped?

8. What is the significance of Gram and Gramps' marriage bed?

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

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

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