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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the real age of Phoebe's father?

4. At what hotel do Sal and her grandparents stay outside of Chicago?

5. Who wrote the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think Mrs. Winterbottom means when she asks whether her daughters think she leads a tiny life?

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

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

4. Why does Sal flinch every time someone touches her?

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

6. What does Sal realize after she says that she wanted to tell Phoebe that Mrs. Winterbottom's leaving was not Phoebe's fault?

7. Why does Sal feel guilty about her mother's miscarriage?

8. How does Sal's father respond to the news that Mrs. Winterbottom has left, and why is this important?

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

10. How does Phoebe react to the Finney house, and why does she react that way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why is foreshadowing used in Walk Two Moons? Give examples of foreshadowing from the novel in your essay.

Essay Topic 2

Why did Mrs. Winterbottom give up her son? In what ways has that experience influenced her behavior as a wife and mother?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Sal want to hate Margaret? Explain how and why her feelings about Margaret change.

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