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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 color is the cardigan that Phoebe finds on the chair?

2. To what state are Sal and her grandparents traveling?

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

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

5. By when does Sal want to get to Lewiston?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do you think that the whispers changed from saying "rush, rush," to "slow down, slow down"?

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

5. Why does Sal's father allow Sal to go on the car trip with her grandparents?

6. How does Phoebe act at dinner with the Finneys? Why do you think she acted this way?

7. How does Sergeant Bickle react to Phoebe's evidence? Why do you think he reacts that way?

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

9. Describe the atmosphere in Madison, Wisconsin.

10. Why did Sal's mother say that she felt rotten in comparison to Sal's father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A foil in literature refers to a character that highlights the traits of another character in order to make those traits more prominent. Explain how Phoebe is a foil for Sal.

Essay Topic 2

How and why does the relationship between Sal and Ben evolve throughout the story?

Essay Topic 3

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

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