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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 did Mr. Birkway ask everyone to do in 15 seconds?
(a) Draw something.
(b) Name three authors.
(c) Write a paragraph.
(d) Find Egypt on the map.

2. Why is Sal unhappy about sightseeing in Madison?
(a) She thinks they are not traveling fast enough.
(b) She does not like the atmosphere in Madison.
(c) She does not think that her grandparents are taking enough time at each tourist spot.
(d) She thinks that Madison is boring.

3. What do Phoebe and Sal have for dinner at the Finney's house?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Tuna noodle casserole.
(d) Meatloaf.

4. When Phoebe goes downstairs to say goodnight to her father, what does she notice he had been doing?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Crying.
(d) Playing cards.

5. The day her mother made brownies, where was Prudence prior to returning home?
(a) Cheerleading tryouts.
(b) A date.
(c) The library.
(d) The movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Mrs. Winterbottom left, Sal returned to find her father slumped over what?

2. What does Phoebe lecture the Finneys about?

3. When having dinner at Phoebe's, what food reminds Sal of her mother?

4. What happens to Gram at the Missouri River in South Dakota?

5. What did Sal's mother want to do the day before she left?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Sergeant Bickle react to Phoebe's evidence? Why do you think he reacts that way?

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

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

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

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

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