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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 Mr. Birkway look when he visits Phoebe's house?
(a) Tired.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Embarrassed.

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

3. When Margaret asks Sal whether she likes Mr. Birkway, how does Sal respond?
(a) "I suppose."
(b) "He's ok."
(c) "I hate his guts."
(d) "Not at all."

4. When Mrs. Winterbottom calls to say that she is coming home, how does Phoebe say that she sounded?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sad.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ben send Sal a valentine?

2. How does Sal find out that Mike is Sergeant Bickle's son?

3. Mrs. Winterbottom finally reveals that Mike is whom?

4. What happens between Sal and Ben at the hospital?

5. When Sal and her grandparents arrive at Old Faithful, how long does it take the geyser to erupt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Gram is so emotional about seeing Old Faithful?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Sal's view of Mrs. Cadaver change after Mr. Birkway visits Phoebe?

7. Why does Ben's mother remind Sal of her own mother?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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