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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 Mrs. Winterbottom do after the Phoebe and Sal return home from school?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Cook dinner.
(c) Get a gun.
(d) Lock the doors.

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

3. What is the maiden name of Sal's mother?
(a) Simmons.
(b) Pickford.
(c) O'Leary.
(d) Rutherford.

4. At what body of water do Sal and her grandparents stop?
(a) Lake Erie.
(b) Lake Huron.
(c) Lake Michigan.
(d) The Great Salt Lake.

5. What is the real age of Phoebe's father?
(a) Thirty-eight.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Fifty-two.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Phoebe is driving Sal crazy, what does Ben think is her main problem?

2. What friend of Gram's didn't want her to marry Gramps?

3. What does Sal dream about the night they sleep in the water bed?

4. What does Phoebe do all weekend at Sal's house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the atmosphere in Madison, Wisconsin.

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

6. How does Sal react to Margaret when they first meet, and why?

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

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

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

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

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