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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 object do the girls see Ben lift from the sidewalk?

2. After they move, what does Sal's father do for a living?

3. How does Ben react to the poem that Mr. Birkway reads in class?

4. What does Phoebe imagine that Mrs. Cadaver and Mr. Birkway may be doing?

5. How would Phoebe's family best be described?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sal react to Margaret when they first meet, and why?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the atmosphere in Madison, Wisconsin.

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

9. How does Sal try to warn her father about Margaret?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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