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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 book do Sal and Phoebe see someone reading at Margaret's house?
(a) The Last Defense.
(b) The Pit and the Pendulum.
(c) Murder at the Monroe's.
(d) Murder at Midnight.

2. What does Sal tell Sergeant Bickle is her name?
(a) Susan.
(b) Salamanca.
(c) Tina.
(d) Harriet.

3. To what appliance does Sal compare Old Faithful?
(a) A pump.
(b) A shower.
(c) A radiator.
(d) A hose.

4. Who is Mrs. Cadaver's brother?
(a) Sergeant Bickle.
(b) Mr. Birkway.
(c) Mr. Winterbottom.
(d) Mike.

5. What does Phoebe call Mrs. Cadaver in her journal?
(a) Mrs. Death.
(b) Mrs. Autopsy.
(c) Mrs. Corpse.
(d) Mrs. Grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sal keep under her floorboards at the end of the story?

2. What does Sal end up kissing the first time she tries to kiss Ben?

3. What does Mr. Birkway do the day after he reads the journals?

4. Where is the university located?

5. When Phoebe and Sal talk to the man at the desk at the university, what does he tell them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Sal meet at the overlook on the way to Lewiston?

2. How does Sal feel whenever she is with Ben and why?

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

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

5. When Sal asks whether Margaret plans to marry her father, how does Margaret respond?

6. What does Sal discover on her second visit to the police station?

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

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

9. After Phoebe and Sal discover who has been leaving the notes on Phoebe's porch, why do you think they find courage in spitting?

10. What did Ben write in his journal, and why does it upset Sal?

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