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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. How does Phoebe react to the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?
(a) She says that it is murder.
(b) She says that the man died naturally.
(c) She says that it is boring.
(d) She say it is terrifying.

2. How does Ben react to the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?
(a) He says that it is boring.
(b) He says that it is murder.
(c) He say it is terrifying.
(d) He says that the man died naturally.

3. Where does Phoebe tell the girls at school her mother went?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) None of their business.
(d) A business trip.

4. At what site do Sal and her Gram stop after they leave Madison?
(a) The Wisconsin Dells.
(b) Museum of Woodcarving.
(c) House on the Rock.
(d) Rhinelander Logging Museum.

5. What does Phoebe imagine that Mrs. Cadaver and Mr. Birkway may be doing?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Having an affair.
(c) Writing a mystery novel.
(d) Disguising her husband's grave with a rhododendron.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Winterbottom do after the Phoebe and Sal return home from school?

3. Phoebe demands that her father calls __________.

4. What color is the cardigan that Phoebe finds on the chair?

5. What do Christy and Megan call their club?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the atmosphere in Madison, Wisconsin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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