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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 Sal see that makes her realize that she missed the bus stop?
(a) The corner store.
(b) The library.
(c) Ben.
(d) The hospital.

2. How does Sal find out that Mike is Sergeant Bickle's son?
(a) Sergeant Bickle tells her.
(b) She sees a picture of them together.
(c) A note on Phoebe's porch said so.
(d) She finds Mike's birth certificate.

3. Where do Sal and her grandparents stay on their first night in Idaho?
(a) Lewiston.
(b) Gibson.
(c) Coeur d'Alene.
(d) Last Chance.

4. What is Mrs. Finney wearing when Sal finds her?
(a) Scrubs.
(b) A skirt and blouse.
(c) A hospital gown.
(d) A pink robe.

5. Who stops Gram from climbing under the rope at Old Faithful?
(a) A park ranger.
(b) Another tourist.
(c) Sal.
(d) Gramps.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the sheriff in Idaho puts Sal in his car, where does she think they are going?

2. What did Sal hope would happen in Lewiston?

3. What does Mrs. Winterbottom do in the middle of her conversation with Mike that disgusts Phoebe?

4. When Margaret asks Sal whether she likes Mr. Birkway, how does Sal respond?

5. On an impulse, Sal asks the hospital receptionist for whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have the journal readings affected everyone in English class?

2. How do you think Sal knows to ask for Ben's mother at the hospital?

3. How did Margaret and Sal's father meet?

4. Why do you think Gramps watches Gram so closely when they are at Old Faithful?

5. The day after Mr. Birkway visits Phoebe, what plan do Sal and Phoebe devise?

6. What does Sal realize was the reason behind her car trip to Idaho with her grandparents?

7. Why is Sal so affected by the thought of Mr. Winterbottom crying?

8. When does Sal know for sure that her mother is not coming back?

9. What does Sal realize when she worries about whether her actions could have gotten Gram bitten or made her mother miscarry?

10. How do each of Mrs. Winterbottom's family members react to the news that Mike Bickle is her son?

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