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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 Phoebe do all weekend at Sal's house?

2. What is the maiden name of Sal's mother?

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

4. How does Phoebe react to the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?

5. How do Sal and her grandparents react to seeing Mount Rushmore?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Megan catch Phoebe in her lie about where her mother is?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Phoebe think that Margaret is a murderer?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the notes that were left on Phoebe's porch. What does each of them mean, and how does each relate to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the settings in which the novel primarily takes place. How do each of these settings affect the story?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think of Mr. Birkway's teaching style? What is his main goal in teaching? How could he improve?

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